“If I took my understanding of what it was to be gay in popular culture in America, and in Britain, basically, then I just wouldn’t fit,” says John Amaechi. “Because there are no gay people that look like this. I would have to change everything. … And the same with being black: We need to get past the point where being black and a male means I am likely to mug you for your wallet, a -15 on my IQ, likely to not go to college, and likely to wear my pants below my ass.” [via Big Think]
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John Amaechi: Gays Are Harmed By The Same Ill-Fitting Stereotypes As Blacks
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Chris
He is so reasonable!
Ran
Yes, I agree.
Kieran
He’s right.
Hotone2me
Finally… I have heard someone else express what I have been saying for a while!!! You go my man!! Well done!! ( I couldn’t agree more).
ewe
Before i even watched this my first reaction to the headline was “go tell that to all the ignorant african american evangelicals”. PS: I do not fear black men and i do not think black men are thugs that are out to steal from me so i expect evangelicals to open up their ugly minds as well. I also know plenty of gay men that do not fit the picture of a stereotypical gay twink. People who talk like that either do not know any or do not know enough gay people.
Chitown Kev
What Amaechi says is so true.
The fundie bigot playbook has NEVER changed.
One example: I was reading some book or another about the struggle for racial integration of the military and some of the bigots in the military and in the Roosevelt/Truman Administrations actually carted out the “blacks are more prone to veneral diseases” excuse at that time.