Upon further review
I think I was not sufficiently critical before doing my part to push a now to prevalent meme in my last post. As there are now various reports of some serious 'I see your bigotry and raise you another' sort of moments I thought I should clarify a bit. First of all you should go and read this post by Kathryn Kolbert (president of pfaw). Here's a taste:
Nov. 7 - The past 72 hours have brought an extraordinary range of emotions - great joy at the election of Barack Obama and defeat of John McCain, and sadness and anger at the passage of anti-gay initiatives in Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, and California. That sadness has turned to outrage at the speed with which some white gay activists began blaming African Americans - sometimes in appallingly racist ways - for the defeat of Proposition 8. This is inexcusable.
As a mother who has raised two children in a 30-year relationship with another woman, I fully understand the depth of hurt and anger at voters’ rejection of our families’ equality. But responding to that hurt by lashing out at African Americans is deeply wrong and offensive - not to mention destructive to the goal of advancing equality.Seriously, read the whole thing. Anyway, I think there is a tremendous amount of anger in the community as a result of the outcome of the Prop 8 vote, which is certainly understandable. But I think it's vital that we direct that anger to thing that are productive. Playing who's more oppressed is not productive
We could work to overturn DOMA for instance.
Or if you really need a good lash out, here are some constructive methods.
Nov. 7 - The past 72 hours have brought an extraordinary range of emotions - great joy at the election of Barack Obama and defeat of John McCain, and sadness and anger at the passage of anti-gay initiatives in Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, and California. That sadness has turned to outrage at the speed with which some white gay activists began blaming African Americans - sometimes in appallingly racist ways - for the defeat of Proposition 8. This is inexcusable.
As a mother who has raised two children in a 30-year relationship with another woman, I fully understand the depth of hurt and anger at voters’ rejection of our families’ equality. But responding to that hurt by lashing out at African Americans is deeply wrong and offensive - not to mention destructive to the goal of advancing equality.Seriously, read the whole thing. Anyway, I think there is a tremendous amount of anger in the community as a result of the outcome of the Prop 8 vote, which is certainly understandable. But I think it's vital that we direct that anger to thing that are productive. Playing who's more oppressed is not productive
We could work to overturn DOMA for instance.
Or if you really need a good lash out, here are some constructive methods.