Sunday, 25 October 2009

Malcom X was bi?

I was once on a question time style panel with a local MP, deputy of the city council and Jesse Jackson, the famous black-rights activist from America. He was very rude to me and you could tell he was homophobic, and sort of racist himself, which I found odd because one, he was a reverend, two, his gospel administrator was obviously gay and three, he has fought for civil rights his whole life? It's sad that some people are deluded into thinking some people deserve rights more than others...when in fact, we're all equal. The sort-of racism was down to the fact he thought he would be meeting a young person that was black, but I have white skin, even though my background is ethnic, he didn't bother looking into that. I thought he was a very rude person.
Anyway, there is an article on the Guardian website about black lgbts, and it's very interesting, so have a read.

Why the cover-up? So what if Malcolm X was bisexual? Does this diminish his reputation and achievements? Of course not. Whether he was gay, straight or bisexual should not matter. His stature remains, regardless of his sexual orientation. Yet many of the people who revere him seem reluctant to accept that their hero, and mine, was bisexual.


Malcom-X Bisexual Black History

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