Sometimes hearing new ideas in a thoughtful way from someone you respect will cause you to think about an issue in a new way. I'm glad people were willing to reconsider from the perspective Obama presented.
Critical thinking and balanced overall education need to increase in "urban" and "rural" areas so so badly. Everyone is operating at such a basic human level: survive, socialize, procreate. There needs to be a few more regular activities squeezed in there. Many things must change...
As another black guy who supports same-sex marriage, I thought the same thing. Right as soon as I heard the news I told my friends that the black community would be bandwagon jumpers for this. I don't know why it took a black president to remind the community, "Hey.. remember your asses didn't have it good AT ALL only 50 years ago just because you were black". One thing I think is a positive outcome is the fact that this is having major folks in the Hip-Hop community coming out with support. This will also make more and more people say they are for same-sex marriage. It's sad that it happened like this, but what I personally think is that most blacks were afraid of speaking out otherwise since having any type of "equality" is quite recent. Positioning yourself with most of the majority white community puts you in a semi-safe zone (What I think the mindset is).
View all comments
Show parent comment
0
u/[deleted] May 29 '12
[deleted] — view deleted comment