I pretty much already know that this topic is going to spawn a lot of ignorant discussion but hopefully I can gain some insight as well.
It's been brought up before but generally hispanic and black culture tends to side with more conservative ideals. This thought might not ever cross the mind of some because you'd figure they'd be on the more liberal end of things in terms of wanting civil rights, equality, etc. However, religion has a huge foundation in both.
Across the spectrum of conservatism (if even), you have the stereotype of the Christian or Catholic, straight, white, rich family. According to the stereotype, these people do not like anyone who is not them basically. Sadly, the stereotype isn't too far in some cases (as seen a lot recently) but it's too broad of a generalization.
This would of course put conservatives against each other. Where is the common ground usually? Gays.
This amuses me greatly especially in the black and latino communities. Between rappers who will denounce the police as racists then go on to call their detractors gay as an insult, shows/movies which attempt to instill pride and show perspective on black culture all while making gays the comedy characters, and the fact that the phrase "on the down low" even exists, there's plenty of instances of foolishness. You'd think that after all the mess we've seen happen AFTER slavery since the 1860's in Afro-American culture and the ongoing illegalphobia in Hispanic culture, they wouldn't join their oppressers in marginalizing another group in the same boat. Or are gays really in the same boat?
It's a lot easier to tell if someone is black/hispanic than it is gay. As is common in every day life and more readily seen in the news, there's always new instances of people "coming out" with some even having been harsh critics in the past. You can easily portray the caricature of the Christian white man who hates all gays, blacks, latinos, etc. all the while cheating on your wife at a bathhouse every weekend.
This doesn't even scratch the surface or even touch on Asians or other cultures, but anybody get why there's so much hate to spread around when it seems like there's obviously enough common ground to connect us all?
It's been brought up before but generally hispanic and black culture tends to side with more conservative ideals. This thought might not ever cross the mind of some because you'd figure they'd be on the more liberal end of things in terms of wanting civil rights, equality, etc. However, religion has a huge foundation in both.
Across the spectrum of conservatism (if even), you have the stereotype of the Christian or Catholic, straight, white, rich family. According to the stereotype, these people do not like anyone who is not them basically. Sadly, the stereotype isn't too far in some cases (as seen a lot recently) but it's too broad of a generalization.
This would of course put conservatives against each other. Where is the common ground usually? Gays.
This amuses me greatly especially in the black and latino communities. Between rappers who will denounce the police as racists then go on to call their detractors gay as an insult, shows/movies which attempt to instill pride and show perspective on black culture all while making gays the comedy characters, and the fact that the phrase "on the down low" even exists, there's plenty of instances of foolishness. You'd think that after all the mess we've seen happen AFTER slavery since the 1860's in Afro-American culture and the ongoing illegalphobia in Hispanic culture, they wouldn't join their oppressers in marginalizing another group in the same boat. Or are gays really in the same boat?
It's a lot easier to tell if someone is black/hispanic than it is gay. As is common in every day life and more readily seen in the news, there's always new instances of people "coming out" with some even having been harsh critics in the past. You can easily portray the caricature of the Christian white man who hates all gays, blacks, latinos, etc. all the while cheating on your wife at a bathhouse every weekend.
This doesn't even scratch the surface or even touch on Asians or other cultures, but anybody get why there's so much hate to spread around when it seems like there's obviously enough common ground to connect us all?
