Apparently, the Morehouse football team needs to be sidelined and given some lessons on homophobia. It’s pretty screwed up when a group of black men cheer on a white racist beating up a black guy because he is gay.
I don’t know if Morehouse College offers LGBT sensitivity training, but it should have someone come speak to the football team. Even if you don’t approve of homosexuality, to come to a city as a football team, representing your college and your hometown, and to spit hate and vitriol in a room that includes other people, including LGBT people — it is not OK. What kind of school sends out ambassadors of hate? Can it be the same one that sent out Dr. King? Hewing to the stereotype of black homophobia makes Morehouse and the black community weaker, and there are real victims. Lionel may be fictional, but his treatment was not. It’s a shame that “Dear White People”’s message of acceptance didn’t reach everyone in the room.
Hmmm…being in a room full of violently homophobic people who won’t even tolerate the slightest indication of tolerance, acceptance or even indiference because they are stupid and ignorant enough to think that makes you gay…
That brings up so many memories….
You know, i was having a pretty good day, watching my ant colony moving house, setting up new tanks for the shrimp and the forthcoming newt larvae…and now i’m just really fucking angry…
Somebody needed to call them aside and remind them that racists are gonna beat up on them whether they’re gay or not.
If they win the next couple of games they’ll be absolved.
I’ve been trying to find something meaningful to say, but I simply have no words…