7 votes

Black conservatism isn’t what you think

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    EgoEimi
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    I'm skimming through the transcripts. I just reached 16:07 and something struck me: Whoa, whoa, back up. This is veritably false. Data shows that support for same-sex marriage among Black...

    I'm skimming through the transcripts. I just reached 16:07 and something struck me:

    black people historically who have voted for... believe it or not more rights for lgbtq people a lot of you all don't know that the black church is very very queer

    Whoa, whoa, back up. This is veritably false. Data shows that support for same-sex marriage among Black Americans has historically been markedly lower than among white and Hispanic Americans. In California's 2008 Proposition 8 to ban same-sex marriage, exit polls showed that 70–75% of Black voters voted yes. And Black Churches are predominantly Methodist and Baptist, which are the among most vehemently anti-LGBT denominations.

    The narrator is very unreliable given this massive revision.

    14 votes
    1. skybrian
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      Yeah, "historically" seems out of place there? On the other hand, support for same-sex marriages was going up a lot when that graph ended in 2017. I wonder how it looks with more recent data? I...

      Yeah, "historically" seems out of place there? On the other hand, support for same-sex marriages was going up a lot when that graph ended in 2017. I wonder how it looks with more recent data?

      I didn't watch it, but maybe they meant in some urban churches rather than nationally?

      5 votes
  2. Akir
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    Youtube link for non -subscribers. I’m generally not a huge fan of this guy because I find him to be a little long winded for my tastes, but this one is pretty interesting all the way through and...

    Youtube link for non -subscribers.

    I’m generally not a huge fan of this guy because I find him to be a little long winded for my tastes, but this one is pretty interesting all the way through and he’s always got interesting ideas to share. I’m bringing this up here because I think a lot of people will appreciate the ideas and the history behind them.

    3 votes