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 An exceptional article from Gaydar about Sexual Racism.
“Real beauty lies in the fact that so many are united – not in the negatives of hate and exclusion, so common today, but in the positives of love and inclusion.” - Justice Michael Kirby at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Gay Games.
Sexual behaviour is no more justified a place for racial prejudice than any other area of life.
Narrow-mindedness, hurtful speech and exclusionism go against the spirit of Gaydar’s ethos. In our global community there is no place for guys who show little regard for their fellow citizens’ well-being.
If our sexual preferences have had an ethnic or racial bias, we could challenge ourselves to overcome those limits and, if we can, exceed them. We realise that we can’t force anyone to do anything, and it is not our intention to curb your right to free speech, but this should never be at the expense of others.
We are interested in challenging your preconceptions, asking you to think about the effect of your words and actions, the emotions you express, the tone you take with others, encouraging you to reflect on patterns in your own behaviour and what that might reveal to you about what’s going on inside you.
What is Racism?
Racism is fundamentally a set of judgements made about a person, not based on how you perceive the person, but based on generalisations you already believe about all people who share their ethnic background or their country of origin.
Racism is unfair, unethical and damaging to both those who discriminate and those who are its victims. It reinforces the myth that we are separate, instead of reflecting the truth that we are one.
Racism is sadly alive and well in how we talk about our sexual and romantic preferences, and sometimes in how we act on them. Racism in the sexual and romantic spheres of our lives is what we’re calling ‘sexual racism’.
We have fought so many battles over our right to our sexual preferences and many men hold their sexual preferences as sacred – even if they contradict other beliefs they may have. This is confusing because some people who abhor racism in general still racially profile their sexual preferences.
How we can stop Racist Speech. Read More at: http://www.gaydarblog.com
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