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Posted by b.Touch, Wed Jul-04-12 08:26 PM
>the other thing that this does...you know the amount of
>homophobia or anti-gay bias in the Black community has been
>overstated for many many years. I'd almost call it a myth.
>There are scores of Black Gay entertainers and public figures
>who are beloved by the Black community. One of the primary
>characteristics of particularly the Black American community
>ACCEPTING their own...DEFENDING their own...and TAKING UP FOR
>their own when the rest of the world is against them......
>Some of the Blackest cities in America have scores of Gay men
>and women..... church choirs on sunday have plenty of them...
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>Black America doesn't toss it's own to the wolves because they
>are gay, and honestly never really have...

...so long as they "respect" the Negro code of silence & invisibility, save for the over-the-top minstrelesque queen.