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...attention paid to racism and the punishments doled out to racists, comparing other types of persecution to racism elicits uproar. Other marginalized groups, such as homosexuals or obese people, identify their causes with the civil rights struggle to gain legitimacy. But Ford cautions against comparing something like gay marriage to miscegenation. Yes, it grabs people’s attention, and it may even silence opponents, but ultimately the comparison serves to undermine everyone’s struggle for greater rights and acceptance. The playing of the race card dilutes the next hand’s potency; racism becomes a nebulous...
...Within our intelligentsia in the black community, you have more gay men and women,” he said. “The black community cannot do without us. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the two elected mayors are black, gay, and lesbian...
Simmons also said that gay African Americans can better work for social change when they work together. With regard to Reeves, she said there is a “difference when you serve with someone that looks like you and thinks...
...some Harvard students who spoke at the event said the black and gay communities are not nearly as united at Harvard as they are in Cambridge...
...know a lot of gay people here at Harvard. They are okay with their homosexuality, but the heterosexual black community here is not,” a sophomore said in front of the forum...