The not so Great Racism in Canada Thread

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Originally Posted by ssiguy

Newsflash................I am an openly gay man and I am under no illusion that we still face homphobia, bigotry, and harassment. That however does not make it the same as racism.

It is routine for the police to pull over Black and Native men for nothing more than suspicions but police don't pull over a guy because they know that there is a 3% chance of that person being gay. That woman in Central Park was freaking out because that man was black and not because he was gay.

Being visible makes you an easy target and the only analogy may be with trans-people and even then, often it is not obvious. Racism is not the same as homphobia which is not the same as sexism. Racial minorities, women, and — minorities may all face discrimination but that doesn't mean they face the same discrimination nor does it mean it manifests itself in the same way and hence solutions must be unique to each of those effected groups.

A decent percentage of gay bashing victims are actually effeminate straight guys that get bashed because people think they are gay.