{"id":5739,"date":"2008-11-11T05:50:06","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T12:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com\/?p=512"},"modified":"2008-11-11T05:50:06","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T12:50:06","slug":"some-truths-that-perhaps-have-not-sunk-in-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=5739","title":{"rendered":"Some Truths That Perhaps Have Not Sunk In Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='snap_preview'><\/p>\n<p><strong>Black people in California =\/= All Black People<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10% of population =\/= 100% of the problem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>~30% of Black Californians Who Voted NO on Prop 8 =\/= People you can spit on, blame, rage at, and dismiss, then turn around and expect to support you.<\/strong> Not that they would support a ban on gay marriage and other gay rights issues (because, if you&#8217;ve forgotten, many of that 30% are LGBTQ), but I wouldn&#8217;t count on their money, or their time, or the effort it takes to knock on doors, talk to people, and other grassroots activism. No matter how much I believed in a cause, even if it affects me personally, I would have a hard time being active for a group that actively despises me, devalues me, and blames me for their own problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Black Community =\/= Monolithic Groupmind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Black People =\/= The Reason Prop 8 Passed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are we clear now?<\/p>\n<p><em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/2008\/11\/05\/its-morning-in-america\/#comment-33802\">thanks to Jenn for the inspiration<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com\/512\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com\/512\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com\/512\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com\/512\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com\/512\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com\/512\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com\/512\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com\/512\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com\/512\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com\/512\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=theangryblackwoman.com&amp;blog=402164&amp;post=512&amp;subd=theangryblackwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black people in California =\/= All Black People<br \/>\n10% of population =\/= 100% of the problem<br \/>\n~30% of Black Californians Who Voted NO on Prop 8 =\/= People you can spit on, blame, rage at, and dismiss, then turn around and expect to support you. Not that they would support a ban on gay marriage and other [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=5739\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-race-racism-and-related-issues","category-syndicated-feeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}