The discussion which is harder, being black or being gay has been going on since the proposition 8 debacle in California. Gay marriage was mostly voted against by the African American community then and since that day gays and black have been warring against each other on this issue. According to the African American community it is insulting to equal their civil rights movement to the gay rights movement.I have to disagree. Right now in the U.S being openly gay is just as much an issue for some people as being black is for others. If a black person is being discriminated against everyone comes up in arms( and rightly so) and for gays that has just happened marginally( in the last few years). African Americans can get married everywhere (as they should) but gays can’t. And the argument that they are born black and gays choose to be gay is just such a ridiculous and bigoted view, it should not even be used in discussions anymore. The only point I can agree with is that not everyone can see someone is gay right from the start as they can see that someone is black. But another much bigger argument for the side that being gay is harder is that black children are never thrown out of their houses or being discriminated against by their families, something many gay teens have experienced. And being discriminated against by your own family is worse then anything else.
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