Top 5 Things That Could’ve Ended Homophobia in the Black Community

So, let’s start off with a few realities:
- Everyone loves a scapegoat, especially if the new bully has been picked on in the past.
- As a generalization, Black people aren’t too fond on the idea of the gay lifestyle.
- “Aren’t too fond” in the previous bullet is a comically gross understatement.
- There are a lot of gay Black people.  Like, billions.
I remember during my sophomore year at Dear Old Dartmouth receiving an email asking if I wanted to be on a listserv for “Allies”.  Basically, the gay community was (and still is, I assume) in dire need of people in the community that weren’t gay, but supported them on campus.  I said “yes” without hesitation, but what I didn’t initially predict was how lonely it was (and still is) to be a straight Black male outwardly supporting gays, no matter what they look like or the extent to which they let the world know that they are out and proud.
The reasons for this pretty tenuous relationship between Blacks and homosexuality I believe is a mixture of upbringing, religion, fear of things not perceived as “normal”, and the inherent need to hate on something.  Although this is a sad reality of present-day (but will hopefully diminish as my generation becomes more relevant and those above us (except you, mom) are subsequently replaced and put in retirement homes), I strongly believe there are a few things that could have happened over the course of history that would have done wonders in making Blacks more tolerant and accepting to the gays.  ”Ended homophobia” is perhaps too naive, but whatever, let’s go with it.

5. A Black Rapper – Black Athlete Gay Power Couple.

I laughed typing this out, simply because the thought of this happening would completely change the world.  Even though this has probably happened multiple times behind closed doors, if there was a Black gay power couple, going out to movie premiers and eventually being assigned one of those dumb “Brangelina” merger names, you can’t tell me that wouldn’t shake up everything.  Just for one second, imagine that you’ve opened up your gossip rag and the main story is about “Kobeye West” out on the town, munching on Sushi and sneaking into the back of a movie theatre to go see Black Swan.
Enough Black people are either diehard Kobe fans or diehard Kanye fans to the point that they would probably be like, “I mean… I guess this gay stuff is cool.”  In order for this to truly work, though, it can’t be a crab rapper and a washed up athlete.  If Soulja Boy and Stephon Marbury started dating and subsequently tried to get people to refer to them as “Soulbury”, gay people would probably become homophobic.

Top Republican Pollster Finds Republicans Think Blacks Are Racist

Rasmussen, the top go-to pollster most used by Republicans, finds 49 percent of Republicans think Blacks are racist. By comparison, only 29 percent of Democrats, according to Rasmussen, think Blacks are racist, and 36 percent of “unaffiliated adults” think Blacks are racist.

Of course, it should come as no surprise that Rasmussen didn’t quite frame the results of their survey like this.

In “More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics,” Rasmussen writes:

Americans consider blacks more likely to be racist than whites and Hispanics in this country.

Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American Adults think most black Americans are racist, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 15% consider most white Americans racist, while 18% say the same of most Hispanic Americans.
There is a huge ideological difference on this topic. Among conservative Americans, 49% consider most blacks racist, and only 12% see most whites that way. Among liberal voters, 27% see most white Americans as racist, and 21% say the same about black Americans.

From a partisan perspective, 49% of Republicans see most black Americans as racist, along with 36% of unaffiliated adults and 29% of Democrats.