Can people please stop blaming black people for the passing of prop 8? We are not a monolith, and black people alone did not vote yes. Thank you.
Links that discuss some of my concerns regarding coverage and comments regarding “black homophobia” as a big reason why prop 8 passed (usually as a result of reporting like this LA times blurb on exit surveys):
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http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/11/more_on_prop_8_1.php — humans are naturally kind of clannish assholes anyway; don’t generalize — the comments add more.
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http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/black_voters_not_to_blame_if_proposition.php - (written sept 21) don’t blame black people for prop 8 passing — it’s mostly white conservative people funding “yes on 8” campaigns, mostly white contituency, and we’re not a monolith anyway. LGBT organizing needs to work harder to work with minority groups.
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http://www.racialicious.com/2008/11/06/quoted-dan-savage-on-black-homophobia/ - span of comments contrary to Dan Savage’s post on the subject, most of which reflect my own sentiments.
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http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=11&year=2008&base_name=i_hate_this_argument - gays did not do blacks a favor by voting for Obama. + some.
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http://www.passtheroti.com/?p=829 - exit polls unreliable, it’s not just black people, the reasons people voted/responded to the polls vary and can be read in a number of ways, we need to work on coalition building instead of dividing, the campaign was not grassroots minded enough
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http://princetonprofs.blogspot.com/2008/11/black-folks-and-passage-of-prop-8.html - how Christian, LGBT, and Black communities intersect and should be coaltion-building, and how Christianity doesn’t ask for homophobia.
- prop 8 to fail
- percentages on voter turnout
- to smile at everyone on the street
- to get this man and his family safely through his presidency, with nary an assissination attempt or tragic accident.
- for people — white, black, whatever race, rich, poor, whatever — to refrain from all kinds of stupid public behavior that I know we are capable of. please people, act right.
- breakfast.