Homphobia..

[kengr]

Six Shot At Chicago Gay Party

Significant quotes:

"We always be seeing them, and they always be looking at people,"Kevin Carter, 18, told the paper. 

"They give you that gay look, like you're a femaleor something. That ain't cute. People be ready to fight. ... I knew somethingwas going to happen to that house."

*headdesk*

Gee, so it's ok to for guys look at females that way but not to look at guys that way? Bullshit.

Comments

[kittnslave.livejournal.com]

:rolls eyes: and here I thought better of Chicago than that - that article seemed more appropriate in alabama with those neighbors comments - heavens it wasn't even proper english... :sigh:

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kittnslave.livejournal.com]

I had no clue :) thanks for the information.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kengr]

Besides what Ace said, there';s also the unfortunate fact that black "ghetto" culture seems to be a *lot* more homophobic than all nut the worst "rednecks" :-(

[kittnslave.livejournal.com]

I guess the disadvantage to having not lived in the ghetto that I am completely ignorant as to the language and behaviour that happens there.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kengr]

I used to live near the corner of MLK & Fremont back in the mid 70s. Back then the area was *far* more "ghetto" than it is now.

I could *hear* those sentences in my head. The wording alone is enough to get that "accent" popping up in my head.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kengr]

Iffen you say so. Alas, while I can kinda grasp that mindset, it's very alien to me.

My masculinity wasn't much in doubt from an early age. Most of the other kids figured I didn't have much (and I wasn't terribly interested in getting any).

As for pride and self-worth, lets not go there. At least not in the "high depression risk" part of the year.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kengr]

See my "what if" post today.