On the wins and the bads of life

I love the fact that Glee is helping people become more open minded and less discriminating.

But Kurt Hummel, you are a huge hypocrite. 

1) You think bisexual “is a term that gay guys in high school use when they wanna hold hands with girls and feel normal.” You want people to accept who you are, yet you do not accept bisexuals nor recognize their existence. 

2) Not all gays are like you. Telling Dave Karovsky that he should know who Eve Harrington is, is like telling a straight guy that he should like cars or some other stereotypical interest. Being gay simply means homosexuality. Interests and behavior are unique for every individual. 

Again, I think it’s really great that Glee is helping lessen the discrimination. But then people might end up accepting only the gays and lesbians, but not the bisexuals and other queers. And people might expect gays to fit the stereotype gay. 

I guess it’s a step by step process. 

I remember my SA126 prof talking about the layering of discrimination on how unfortunate the poor black woman is. (social class, race, and sex)

Now here’s another triple layer of discrimination. (sexual orientation, race, sex)

“I got married, I came out publicly. But I had to, you know? I mean it was like gays can get married, yay! Prop 8, I’m a second-class citizen, what the fuck?! As a black woman, I’m really low on the chain, but as a GAY black woman, I’m even lower! There are so many things I’ve had to do as a gay person that I don’t have to do as a black person. I didn’t have to come out black to my parents. Can you imagine that? ‘Mom, Dad, I need to talk to you about something. I just want to tell you, I’m black.’ ‘What?!’ ‘I’m black, that’s just the way it is.’ ‘Oh Lord, oh, anything but black! Give her cancer Lord! Anything but black! You know what, you’ve been hanging around black people too much. And they got you thinking you black.’ ‘No Ma, it’s just the way I am, I was born this way.’ ‘Oh, don’t give me that! The bible says Adam and Eve, not Adam and Mary J. Blige!’ ‘I’m sorry, It’s just how I am.’ ‘What did I do? What did I do? I let you watch Soul Train! Was it Soul Train?’ ‘No Ma, it wasn’t Soul Train…’

— Wanda Sykes

(Source: gaydtr)

“Six Kinds of Racism” 

This would also apply to heterosexism (homophobia), sexism, Muslim/Islam-phobia, and possibly to all kinds of discrimination. 

I think the “cry wolf” is the most common.