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Uhm....I wouldn't necessarilyattribute this to culture per se, but it is known to be one of the main reasons that the incidence rate of HIV for Black women outnumbers any other race.
What is cultural is the amount of stigma attached to being gay in our community, which is directly affecting the inability of brothahs to be out of the closet. Please don't start with the "I have a gay friend" thing either. For each of us who "accept" homosexuality, there are like 30 folks who feel it is an abomination and would kick their sons out on the street before letting them admit and be gay.
A report was released today that New York has AIDS rates parallelling that in most Third World countries. Basically that means that roughly 1% of the population is living with HIV. Why, because many of the men are on the DL and continue to have sex with Black women. The stuff is real.
I was on the phone with my dad last night and he was like "what are these men on the low down?" I was like "down low pop" he was like "things sure are different." I was like "shole is."
Long story short, it isn't cultural to be gay but Black men have started this down low thing, which sorta means in the closet but the difference is the way the acts are carried out. So it's not like "I'm gay but only a few know." It's like "I'm gay but G-Money is my homie and my man AND we both still have girls at the house."
Who was the person who had personal accounts of several bachelor parties he'd been too where the men were "together" and the best man was the "BEST MAN!!!!" as well...unbeknownst to the wifey poo?
I wich a mutha_____ would!
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