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Originally Posted by DTD Alum
Well frankly no, I meant gay specifically since the thread was discussing how simply telling somebody you are gay can be seen as flaunting or making a statement.
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Well, right, I shouldn't put words in your mouth, but if we are hijacking the thread to educate posters about privilege, it's fair to note that heteronormative is just one of many.
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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
Thank you.
I get what she was trying to say, but I've never had to decide whether or not I'd be proclaiming my blackness when walking into a room.
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Maybe not, but certainly people of color are faced with similar decisions in non-face-to-face communications that I would consider analogous, and certainly there are times that they avoid certain conversation topics because of how it would be viewed by the majority group.