An email with the content below was allegedly to be the reason for a young lady dismissal from her job:
I can't believe this wedding. It's 2 men. They don't smile in a lot of pictures and they look like a few brothers I've seen in the streets looking STRAGHT. Black women can't get a break, either our men want another man, a white woman (or other nationality that's light with straight hair), they are locked up in jail or have a "use to be" fatal disease. I'm beginning to believe Eve was a black woman and we Black women are paying for all the world's sins through her actions (eating the apple)."
This email has generated some hostility and conversation on the bias expressed in the email. It is suggested that the woman is discriminating against a whole host of folks. I disagree. Nowhere do I see in the email any threats. What I do read in the email is her competition for getting an African-American male. Nor no I see it as anger, but an opinion on filtering that is needed to insure you have marriable material,(down low, passing for straight, or HIV carrier, and those who do not want an African-American female).
Now, the young lady personal expression about personal relationship should not be exchanged at work. She was at work doing personal stuff on their dime. Because, it was done on company time, the company had to do a disclaimer that they did not support the opinion expressed by the young lady or using their work equipment for such behavior and not for the purpose that it was intended.
Having said that, I want to say, that the young lady was thrown under the bus by the gay and lesbian community to attack the African-American women for not collectively joining the Gay pride movement. Especially those women who fill the pews of the African-Americans churches. This is the argument of the raced white women who separated themselves from the African-Americans movement to yell "women first" during the civil rights movement. No different than the powerful Abigal Addams into the ear of her husband, John Addams,"Remember the ladies". Raced white women rights before the rights of enslaved men. In other words, we raced white women sleep with you, and have your babies, but that did include African-American women!!!b Now the raced white gay community need the support of the African-Americans for marriage, but still practice racialist behaviors by attacking us.
The young lady did not say anything against the two getting married,and (that's the issue) the couple pictures posted on face book drew out anti-gay sentiment. Now, if you watch Real Housewife of Atlanta, you see the the interaction of the gay community and African-American women. African-American women understands the acceptance of the gay community. And at the same time they understand the political manipulating by raced White women to push their own agenda.
And when the gay community attempts to say that their opposition is the same as the African-American community, it becomes a "RME(Rolling my eyes)" moment. They love gay African-Americans women, but are suspect of other who are not. I remember the hostility I received when attending a Gay study class. I was told folks did not want to be known in the African-American community, for not appearing on a panel because I was in the classroom. No the real reason, the female did not known that she was dating within the raced white population where she was hiding as a lesbian.
And when I was interviewing for a job, by the former professor of this class, I was asked whom issue do you think is the greatest at this time, the black or gay? I did not hesitate to say African-Americans. Needless to say, I did not get the job. The issue of discrimination in the workplace for African-Americans is not simply pretending, the skin color brings out hidden racialist behavior.
Audre Lorde writing expresses experiencing this racialist behavior, so this is nothing new, but explain those pseudo consciousness of those blacks 9Michael Steele persona) who believe that black comes second when they move about in the gay community.
To read another perspective go here
The sista was just simply saying you can't judge a book by its' cover!!
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