Regarding Race and Ethnicity in the USA

[JustAnotherGen]

22. I would have to see

Where someone identifying as gay or Jewish was used to dismiss the concerns of black people.

There was a thread started yesterday by someone who does identify as homosexual. He/She didn't respond to any of my comments in that thread. And the op was just as bad as another one started by an older Caucasian woman on Friday.

But around DU - I find that to be "not the norm".

Very often I found that other " the others" have a tremendously huge sensitivity chip.

And by clarifying how they have experienced America themselves - they are strong allies and show time and again they have our backs.

ONE poster started a rotten thread and used their sexuality as weapon against our voices yesterday.

If that's the thread that sparked this op ( and I think it is) - your question is a fair one for that poster.

The last thing we need is division amongst others.

Now that said - I saw my father's transformation. He was always accepting of gays and he loved women. But he was a Special Forces Army officer that entered the military in the late 1950's. A time when it was still very tough to be a black man in the military. And adopted beliefs/views he had to adopt in order to survive and move up.

But in his 50's he shifted. DADT disgusted him. As did Tailhook.


And I think I saw a shooting star the night New York legalized same sex marriage.

And the day Tammy Duckworth got elected - was as exciting for him as the night Obama got elected.

I'm sharing this because he had a HUGE sensitivity chip for "the others" and women's issues. Everyone should be able to serve their country honorably - be it in the military, community service, activism.

Don't let one disruptor with a nasty op make you think that this is the norm.

A storm is coming - and we need the help of the GLBT community, feminists, Jews, Muslims, Native Americans, Asians, Hispanic/Latinos-as.

I won't respond to that OP with this - but you need to kick it up, ask the question, and let the chips fall where they may.

Together we can get lower income and middle class white men on board with fair pay and an equal chance at prosperity. Infighting won't foster confidence in that group.