In a few years can u see people who hate homosexuals equal to those who hated African American years back?

Question

In a few years can u see people who hate homosexuals equal to those who hated African American years back?
I just have a feeling that once the world is able to finally accept homosexuals as they are and stop all the discrimination today I believe that things are going to be looked back on time todaya dn see people who hated homosexuals to be just as merciless as people who hated aferican americans years ago. (not that hate will ever end sadly)

Anyone agree with me?


(I am not trying to say they have been through the saae issue's or go off on are race or belifs. I'm not saying one case is worse then the other.)

Answer 1

Being a black lesbian, I have to say I agree with you. Although the black struggle was much bigger than the gay struggle, there are definitely some similarities.
- Blacks couldn't marry whites just like gays can't marry today.
-Blacks were denied their basic human civil rights just like gays today.
-A lot of people say that blacks can't hide their skin color but gays can hide their orientation. This is not completely true. Let's not forget the mulattos and mixed race people who were so white that they could pass for white back then, just like you can't tell that some gays are gay. When it was found out that these mulattos were passing for white, they were beaten and sometimes killed just like some gays are beaten when it is found out that they are gay.
- No one can help being gay no more than a black person can help being black.

But so many blacks do not want to be compared to gays because they think it's a very negative thing.

I am a black lesbian, and I do not choose between being gay or being black, I am both!

One struggle does not take away from the other, and any group, whether black, gay, jewish or etc., who has ever had their rights taken from them should all come together and not discriminate against each other.
And just like blacks were given the rights they deserve, I think the day will come when gays will get all the rights they deserve, though I wonder when.

Answer 2

hell yeah! totally agree with u. it's same thing like when black people were being discriminated and prejudiced against back in the day. the equality will not come in 3 years but it'll probably be different 20, 25, or 30 years from now or maybe even more. Gay people fighting 4 their rights is the exact same thing with black people. It's called deja-vu.

Answer 3

for sure. i have seen what many whites said about blacks during the 60s... (and some probably still believe this) that whites and blacks shouldn't marry , that it would bring an "end to the institution of marriage" and so on. and this is what i hear people say about gay marriage all the time.
as far as your note at the end goes, every individual leads his or her own life. what one african american has been though is different from what another african american has been through, and the same goes for glbt folks. hate is hate and i'm all for people trying to stop it.

Answer 4

It's like comparing apples and Oranges, but if they overcome the struggles it will be looked upon as an achievement in History for you guys. The one aspect thats over looked is people had a problem with the color issue, but blacks actions demonstrated that our souls can be trusted, freindships and bonds were created.

No one has a prob with Gay's skin color they have a problem with what you do, wich is ALOT DIFFERENT then our ancestors struggle not worse not better just different. Straight vs.Gay Neither of us are ever going to understand each other, it feels like there is no common ground what so ever. I do see what your saying but man is that a long ways off. We may have another civil war in this country. For those who disagree with me thats fine but the struggle is so different. For one reason Children. Black children at one point in time had to watch thier parents be beaten and raped only to suffer the same fate, they kept black ignorant, unable to read and write. Gay people suffer but it's not on that level. I don't like being compared to gay people, oh I'm black so I should sympathise, I had my struggles still do I don't look to other groups for support. I don't know what it's like to be Gay in this world just as somone who isn't black but is Gay doens't know what it's like to walk in my shoes. Two different things here. I wish you folks well.

Answer 5

You are, unfortunately, correct. I hope that it does not take the uprisings and riots, burning and lootings, shootings and terror that blacks had to exercise to gain a modicum of equality. Their battle continues today, Gay's has just begun, but it will not stop. Those who think they can impune Gays, terrorize them, murder them, are fools, for the tables are going to turn very soon if these idiots do not back down and shut up. I truly believe Gays are at their threshold of patience with bashing, prejudice, etc. Gays are highly ingrained in our society, no one knows who they are, they work out and are in, basically, much better shape than most straights....it will take very little more for them to rise up and do great harm to those who hate them for no reason, other than for the sake of hating someone. For some reason, many straights picture Gays as soft weak pansies...in fact, Gays are, as a rule, much stronger, certainly as smart (probably smarter) than those who are the bashers. IF I were straight, I think I would be very careful what I thought and what I said...and to whom I said it.

Answer 6

Although I don't think what African Americans went through is in no way the same as what the gay/lesbian community goes through, I do believe that eventually all bigots will not be tolerated, regardless of who they hate!

Answer 7

H2 Oasis..i have to disagree...hate is hate. since when do we start labelling levels of hate? that's sickening. discrimination is discrimination.

if you are to compare what blacks went through and what GLBT go through are like apples and oranges but the hate they felt are the same.

as a black lesbian, i can identify with both issues. although the struggle wasn't exactly the same, it was still a struggle. i feel like i'm in the midst of the GLBT revolution right now... it's pretty encouraging because i know that my struggles will make way for the ease of those in the future!

history tends to repeat itself and we will see the repetition with this. first it was black people, then it was interracial couples, now its GLBT... we will beat this just like we beat the others.

great question!

Answer 8

I agree with those that say hate is hate... However, I think there is STILL a lot of racial hatred, especially away from larger cities. Also, there is currently a lot of hatred toward homosexuals, and again especially away from larger cities. For those reading this that have children, PLease Please PLEASE teach them that we are all people, and we all have feelings, and we cannot help whom we fall in love with. It does not matter what color we are, nor what religion we are, nor what sex we are, we are all still people, and have feelings. This may not be a quick fix, but hopefully it will help in the near future... Thanks for the great question....

Answer 9

the issues aren't identical, but hatred and discrimination are the same. there used to be laws on the books discriminating against people of color, which have been overturned. I hope one day we will be "looking back" on this discrimination instead of still fighting it.

Answer 10

You're absolutely right. Hatred is hatred no matter who or what is affected by it. Once people really gain acceptance of the LGBT community, we can all live harmoniously. In the meantime, education and tolerance is key to living, working, and loving EVERYONE! With that in mind, 'nuff said.