The Brilliant Piny Weighs In On Blaming Black Voters for Prop 8

In comments on her post at Feministe, Piny writes:

These people are not just calling attention to homophobia amongst people of color. They’re arguing that it’s a special phenomenon distinct from plain old white homophobia, and arguing that people of color have a special obligation to not be homophobic. They’re also using black homophobia to justify white racism. Dan’s comments section filled up with a buncha racist gay people right after he posted about the issue. Does he see that phenomenon as relevant to anything? Maybe interesting in light of the rift he described, the suspicion and anger, the mistrust? Apparently not.

That kind of arguing isn’t going to do anything to solve the problem of black homophobia, to the extent that it needs a specific activist response. It will cement the disconnect, and it will do so at the expense of plenty of people who can’t take sides.

I recommend hir whole post.

Related posts:

1. Framing Barack Obama and Black Voters
2. Two More Posts On Blaming The Brown For Prop 8
3. Brilliant Post by Nojojojo on The Angry Black Woman Blog
4. Black voters screwed yet again
5. Prop 8: The Rush To Blame The Brown People (Updated with more links)