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Originally posted by Discogoddess:
but just don't get your feathers ruffled when a "disgruntled white man" says the same things about racial issues as you're saying about sexuality issues.
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I completely agree with you on that point, Discogodess, I know that the price of my being able to be free to feel the way I do means that millions of white people, and men, and homosexuals, and anybody else who doesn't agree with my way of life have to be free to feel the way they want to about me or those similarly situated. Do I like it? Sometimes, no. But what is the alternative?
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we all want to be able to comment and criticize other groups, but have a hissy fit when others do it to us. Black people are NOTORIOUS for this.[/B]
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To a certain degree, I agree, but one has to consider the historic and long standing social implications of race in America. Also, we have to consider the power structure in America, the fact that I deem effeminate behavior to be inappropriate has not, will not, and I doubt will ever deprive any individual of their freedom, a job, an education, or even the minimal quality of life that all of us are entitled to.
I do feel that being an African American has made me, and probably most of us, sensitive to the plight of other people, but to say that we must be tolerant of all lifestyles and people simply because we are Black, I think, is a joke and speaks volumes about our place in the societal hierarchy.