Reply #21: then I'm sorry to say you are [View All]

[Dookus]

simply ignorant.

There is a HUGE divide between the two camps. I have straddled them, as a gay man who headed an AIDS agency for years. I lived in a predominantly black town within a predominantly white county. Our clientele changed from middle-class white gay men to poor black women (in my city). There was an enormous disconnect between the two groups.

Our only access into the black community was via the churches, and it was very very difficult to obtain that access. We were perceived as a gay organization, and were unwelcome in East Palo Alto. Our only access was through the more open-minded churches, and even then, it was a struggle.

Don't try to tell me there's no divide. It exists. It's real. We need to fix it.

On edit:

Anybody who claims there's no divide between gays and blacks simply has no fucking clue.