I was talking to a friend of mine who happens to be a lesbian and she mentioned that to me. I wonder if it is true, and if so, why?
2006-07-17 18:01:02 · 15 answers · asked by tlakkamond 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I think she meant in dating. What she noticed is that few white girls would date a brown girl, within the lesbian community.
I wonder what is the line dividing 'just preference' from 'subtle racism'.
2006-07-18 06:32:38 · update #1
I agree, the line between "preference" and "subtle racism" is usually pretty fine. But I don't think that makes gays more racist then straights. I think that is just an all people (or more specifically, all white people in most cases) thing.
2006-07-18 06:36:23 · answer #1 · answered by dani_kin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well a lot of people that are gay and lesbian have had some kind of trauma when they were young which greatly influenced them to have strong feelings against whoever committed the act, and that carries over psychologically to other people. so if a girl was molested by a man when she was young, perhaps she will develop a strong subconcious feeling against men and as a result will become lesbian and even have rascist feelings toward men in general
2006-07-18 01:09:31 · answer #2 · answered by zack o 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have many friends of many different ethnic backgrounds. Just because someone has preferences on who they like to date or be with sexually does not equal racism. Also, I do not think this is unique to the GLBT community. I know many str8 people who are much more 'preferential' about who they date or even socialize with.
2006-07-25 00:36:34 · answer #3 · answered by rp_iowa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I definitely do not think so. As someone already said, if you are gay or lesbian you know what discrimination is all about and that makes a person less likely to continue a cycle of hatred.
2006-07-18 04:20:25 · answer #4 · answered by L. M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd be VERY curious to see some research on this. Taking a sociological guess (if it is true): media representation of GLBT folks is always of white upperclass people. That's gotta do something to the community.
2006-07-18 02:10:34 · answer #5 · answered by Atropis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zacko is wacko.
we aere all different. We have preferences for those we want to date. We may be not to crazy about the idea of dating someone from another race, but when that mr/ms right shows up, color goes out the window.
2006-07-25 05:10:13 · answer #6 · answered by reme_1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't noticed that, and I am by no means racist myself. I would guess that racism is distributed pretty evenly among all sexual orientations. Interesting question though.
2006-07-18 03:11:09 · answer #7 · answered by moo71 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say probably less so. On the whole I think the gay community is more accepting than straight society.
2006-07-18 09:53:48 · answer #8 · answered by golden oldy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not experienced that. Although being gay or lesbian does not exclude one from being prejudice. One would think it would help with tolerance and acceptance.
2006-07-25 14:45:39 · answer #9 · answered by DK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being that glbt are part of the mainstream....
Seriously, they are just like everyone else. There are racists and not racist people.
2006-07-18 01:27:59 · answer #10 · answered by Frodo the space bard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋