Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Black history and gay history are intertwined. Deal with it

This post, courtesy of the excellent NoMoreDownLow.tv, is dedicated to all of those self-serving, self-righteous members of predominantly white religious right groups who claim that they want to preserve the integrity of the black community from the so-called evil clutches of the lgbt community but in reality don't give give a damn about either community.

Our histories are intertwined and nothing you can say or do will change that. Period:



If you want to see the full episode, go here.


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6 comments:

Mykellb said...

Bravuro:)

Unknown said...

*glomp*

Civil Rights is Civil Rights, man.

Just wait; in 50 years, the Christians will be claiming that they "spearheaded" the LGBT civil rights movement and were really the first on board...

Anonymous said...

Seriously how do ythey know all of those were gay. Most of those photos did not look that gay i.e men kissing.

Brittany

Anonymous said...

I don't think you understand just how true that is. *Glares at the "Church's" long history of Taking Credit for the work of others*

BlackTsunami said...

Hi Brittany,

I am sure they researched the pictures. Check out the episode.

Anonymous said...

Love the blog!
I'm so glad I found it - there'll be some serious reading in my future!

The video is lovely c: !

I must say that I do wonder about the "obvious coupling" bit, and how much we're reading the body-language in the 19th century pictures through our, 21st century lens and stereotypes.

3 points:
- I have seen such closeness in many photos of brothers/relatives.
- The hand on the hip? Today it means one thing, then it was a common pose.
- The crossed legs. Today it's considered feminine, then, again, you see it in a lot of photos.

The last one is of special interest to me, since a photo of a bunch of WWI officers sitting with their legs crossed in such, today-viewed-as-feminine style served to prove to a... gah, I can't find the right word... unpleasant person... that some things he considers innate (and thus proof for this and that) are cultural (and thus... not proof) :D .
[If you're wondering about the "many" photos I've seen - I had worked for 4 years researching old photos for a branch of one of our main historical institutions.]

And I find it interesting that the professor was cited as saying "whether it was a romantic relationship or just a platonic friendship [these men were fearless]" - he's not that quick to go the "obvious coupling" route.

Sorry for any mistakes in English or if I've been fuzzy with meaning.

Looking forward to immersing myself in your blog's archive :) !