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After Prop 8 passed, a funny thing happened. The news media found it necessary to report not only how the measure passed, but also how blacks voted in favor of the measure by 70%. I remember when I first heard the news and this tidbit of information being reported. All I kept thinking was, "And they felt the need to point this out because.....?"
Sadly, some in the gay community responded to news of the "black vote for Prop 8" with racism and hostility. There also seemed to be this widespread sense of "entitlement" to the black vote. News Flash: Blacks are not a monolithic group. We are diverse in ideas and beliefs. As such, the gay/lesbian community needed to persuade us to vote against Prop 8 in the same way that it needed to convince all Californians - an effort that they failed in miserably. The gay/lesbian community doesn't get an instant "yes" from us simply because we're another "minority" group...... (News - Culture) Views:
Sadly, some in the gay community responded to news of the "black vote for Prop 8" with racism and hostility. There also seemed to be this widespread sense of "entitlement" to the black vote. News Flash: Blacks are not a monolithic group. We are diverse in ideas and beliefs. As such, the gay/lesbian community needed to persuade us to vote against Prop 8 in the same way that it needed to convince all Californians - an effort that they failed in miserably. The gay/lesbian community doesn't get an instant "yes" from us simply because we're another "minority" group...... (News - Culture) Views:
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Only 70% of blacks voted in favor. 100% of all black voters would not have been enough to impact the measure's outcome. In other words, a larger no. of non-blacks obviously voted for the measure.