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Fighting Racism, Fixing the Problems, Memoir »

[12 Nov 2008 | Comments | ]

I find myself in an unusual position. Following the racial fallout from the Prop 8 win, I am examining my self in terms of my membership in a powerful, privileged majority. The straight majority. It’s funny, being straight, I often don’t think about my sexual orientation and all the social benefits I enjoy because of it. It is just as I observe many white folks not examining the privileges of being white. First I was pissed about the racially loaded reaction to the passage of Prop 8, but lately I’ve …