tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post4138165372934938506..comments2024-01-31T03:15:09.581+10:00Comments on 2CWDU: Gay Race....It's Black and White...Damienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413086752729344695noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-8412242055283302232013-06-22T01:47:51.428+10:002013-06-22T01:47:51.428+10:00If you want to discuss issues between black people...If you want to discuss issues between black people and white people specifically in the United States, you're going to have to do some homework, because it is complicated. You also can't look at all black Americans and all white Americans as specific groups with all of the same experiences, prejudices, etc. Find three excellent Public TV series and watch them. Start with "The Civil War," followed by "The Great Depression," and then "Eyes On the Prize" parts I and II. If you don't want to invest that much time, get "The Great Depression." Jim Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15797836105230582222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-16275558575181381972013-06-20T21:56:47.973+10:002013-06-20T21:56:47.973+10:00Hard to understand why people react the way they d...Hard to understand why people react the way they do. There is probably a little bit of truth in Avenue Q's song,"Everyone is a little bit racist", but that oversimplifies the issue. <br /><br />It makes me think of that verse from Depeche Mode's song, People are People.<br /><br />So we're different colors and we're different creeds<br /><br />And different people have different needs<br /><br />It's obvious you hate me though I've done nothing wrong<br /><br />I've never even met you, so what could I have done?<br />BosGuyhttp://www.bosguy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-33983768706209412842013-06-20T05:05:31.777+10:002013-06-20T05:05:31.777+10:00I've blogged about, lost friends in the bloggi...I've blogged about, lost friends in the blogging world because they wanted me to NOT use images of white men on collaborative blogs, why just the other day some guy went off on the fact that I used an interracial pic for an entry. Most say oh you don't live in America so you don't understand.<br /><br />I remember an entry I wrote about me being a black man on the public transportation system feeling fear from other black men and few took me to task for that entry NOT understanding what I was getting at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-70384338049819662512013-06-20T03:41:43.663+10:002013-06-20T03:41:43.663+10:00I have written about race numerous times on my blo...I have written about race numerous times on my blog. During my time in porn, the editor of TheSword.com, Zachary Sire tries ridiculing porn actors of color for taking a stand against it, while Black porn actors like Diesel Washington sellout to avoid the charge of being suffering from ABMS (Angry Black Man Syndrome). Yet him and every Black porn actor plays the role in how they use sex as a weapon against their White scene partner.<br /><br />During and since leaving the porn industry, I have sent links to posts to The Advocate, Out, and Instinct Magazine, and others, and none of them will speak about those posts, the discussions I have moderated on the subject, or the poetry addressing racism like in the link below.<br /><br />http://www.tresx-rayvision.com/2011/06/challenger-faux-rainbow.html<br /><br />Until that discussion happens, racism will rage on back and forth like a vicious tennis match. So I appreciate you addressing the matter.LeNair Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02611811854575645709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-90235821750882701272013-06-20T01:00:36.428+10:002013-06-20T01:00:36.428+10:00People are people. Discrimination against each oth...People are people. Discrimination against each other within any minority is not limited to gays and happens in all races, nationalities, religions, physical abilities and so on.<br /><br />It's very hard to start a conversation with casual acquaintances and I think even harder in a blog post. <br /><br />I appreciate that you want to start a discussion but maybe a better way of approaching it is to start with a single personal experience or observation and speak about how it made you feel or as what others think or what actions they might have taken.<br /><br />To me, the posts that you wrote, with very valid points, were more like walls to climb than an invitation to build a conversation.<br /><br />As for me, I have confronted bosses who would discriminate not just race and religion but age and good looks. No I didn't work for A&F. I also live my day to day life by seeing people as humans and no better or worse than myself. I don't know what it's like to live in another person's shoes but I do know how I like to be treated and that's how I treat others and what I expect and require of my family, friends and co-workers.<br /><br />BTW - in 1972 my mom's cousin, 25, was killed by the KKK in Atlanta, GA because he was a catholic man dating a Protestant girl. He was beaten to death with a baseball bat and died in an alley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-50512370313824637282013-06-20T00:58:49.175+10:002013-06-20T00:58:49.175+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384978972968180391.post-12124378343126225002013-06-20T00:55:19.424+10:002013-06-20T00:55:19.424+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com