Just read this article on CNN. It was written by LZ Granderson, apparently a writer for ESPN.
In my humble opinion, LZ should stick to writing about sports. This article is atrocious, so much that it's almost funny. I'm not sure if I should be mad, offended, or intrigued by this article...it's surely a little bit of each.
My jist after reading this article, several times: black people, apparently, are elitists when it comes to oppression. They're America's #1 victim. Bar none. And to lobby for equal position by any other minority is a crybaby attempt at achieving something less important, right LZ?
As long as the 400-year equality-deprived African American gets his way, the gays and lesbians of the world can just wait around for their turn. Black trumps Gay.
My thoughts: oppression is not a competition. It's not a game. Everyone deserves equality. It's not about who suffered the most, or who has been around longer.
Don't play your card to me, LZ.
One article commenter, Alex, said something I emphatically agree with: I'd rather be black than gay.
So true. Black people have resisted settling, and have fought and triumphed in pursuit of equality in a nation that gave them few. And now they lecture at those who wish to do the same? He compares a gay person's pursuit of equality as "whining about having dessert before dinner."
What?!
This article is wrong in so many ways. Yes, black people had/have their struggles. It's undeniable. But to say gay rights, specifically white gay rights, are unequaled to the pursuits of black rights...? What?!
Are you serious LZ? He even goes as far to say that people who go to this Chicago black gay bar are intrinsically cooler and smarter than those who go to the mostly white-dominated Chicago gay bars.
??? This is borderline ridiculous.
We have a black President. Get over it. Has has many issues to deal with that aren't merited by skin color. It's merited because we're all humans.
It's weird to not coin black people as racists, but they sometimes are. And this article tip-toes the line.
Stick to football LZ.
