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First of all let me say this was another brilliant episode as always. I was cracking up at my desk. I know there was an offhanded comment thrown out that Chemda seemed a little uneasy with about black people being more homophobic than white people.
I'm black so maybe this is just totally my own bias and I just don't want to admit the reality of it but I don't think black people are more homophobic than whites. While there may be a more vocal homophobia on an individual basis I don't know if this applies on the macro level.
Look at the California Prop 8 (or was it prop 9? If so my bad) voting. Black people got blamed for the proposition not passing (Or did it pass? That fucking thing was written so backwards by the end I didn't know if a vote for it would get gay marriage passed or not) but when you look at the money spent to generate protest against gay marriage it was from the people who own Chik-fil-A and that Mormon church from Utah.
But I guess those silent behind the scenes machinations of large corporations and religious organizations don't count as "homophobic" when this topic is approached.
And as far as the term "down low", sure it's been coined by the black community but being on the down low wasn't INVENTED by the black community. Is Tom Cruise black now? What about every Republican sex scandal that ended with a "Family Values" candidate being caught with another guy? For some reason these things never seem to "count" in the discussion.
Like I said maybe I'm biased but I just thought I should add an alternate take to the situation because millions of church goers who organize against gays are the same white people who will then turn and say "blacks are more homophobic" like it's an irrefutable fact.
Still love the show and I'll always be a fan but I wanted to at least present this alternative theory on the topic. Peace.
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