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   November 28, 2008

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   Josh said:

   
   

   With Prop. 8, the thing that’s striking to me is that people have focused their anger almost entirely on the margin of victory among Black voters. But Black voters are absolutely not the only demographic group who voted overwhelmingly for Prop. 8.

   For example, according to exit polls, around two-thirds of voters who have children under the age of eighteen voted for Prop. 8. 60% of married people voted for Prop. 8. A big majority of voters over the age of 65 voted for Prop. 8. And if you look at county-by-county results, the counties which voted most strongly for Prop. 8 are almost entirely rural counties in the inland and far north areas of California – areas with very small Black populations.

   So, why aren’t people like Dan Savage freaking out about how homophobic older people or rural people are? Why aren’t they just as furious that married straight people voted to deny marriage rights to gay people?

   As a Californian, I’m very upset about Prop. 8 passing – and I’m angry, too. But I’m also upset about the disproportional amount of anger that’s been directed at Black voters, as though they’re the only people who voted and worked to get this ridiculous piece of legislation passed. If you take the time to look at the voting data, that’s obviously not the case, and to focus one’s anger entirely against Black voters shows that white liberal racism is just as big an issue as Black homophobia.

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   December 6, 2008

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