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[quote=Anonymous]There is just the norm, not the black or white or brown norm. And yes, the norm today is predominantly driven by the historic prevalence of white culture, but that is changing fairly quickly (relative to the past). So you can take a seat at the table and put your imprint on how the norm will evolve or you can have your own table in the dining hall, your own fraternities, your own ceremonies, etc. Nobody is saying that every minority group shouldn't be loud and proud about their own culture and celebrate any way they choose, but you seem intent on segregation. And your false equivalencies about the "crossing the aisle" are just infantile. [b]BTw, you might want to study how the LGBTQ community managed to change the norm in a remarkable fashion regarding same-sex marriage. It wasn't too many years ago that Obama, Clinton and the entire democratic establishment were firmly against this issue. But by engaging with the mainstream and educating and socializing, the LGBTQ community has now made same-sex marriage part of the mainstream ideology. That's called progress. [/b]What you're advocating is a regressive, dead-end approach. But go ahead and hold steadfast to your belief, witness zero progress towards racial unity and then blame everybody but yourself.[/quote]

Perhaps you should take your own advice.  It's clear from this statement that you're not of that community.

Gay marriage is the ultimate adoption of heterosexual norms.  It is an undeniable rejection of the queerness of the gay community.  Joining the military, becoming members of the clergy, the Log Cabin Republicans, adopting a black child and moving out to the 'burbs.  That's nothing more than an ersatz version of white heterosexuality, a pale intimation of Leave It to Beaver.  Gay, Inc. pushed this image the forefront of the American consciousness primarily for the benefit of affluent white gays who, but for their sexuality, are otherwise conventional.  But make no mistake.  Gay, Inc. didn't break any new ground with gay marriage, and it certainly didn't push the envelope.  The gays who scare and offend you did that.  Who do you think was at Stonewall?  Who do you think screamed and yelled and organized and marched in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s?  Khaki-wearing gay Republicans?  Ellen?  No, it was the queers, the queens, the motorcycle dykes -- all the people who prompted sanctimonious pearl-clutchers to whine, "If the homosexuals behaved themselves and acted like normal people, we might possibly accept them someday."  The fringe of the gay community pushed the limits, and The Acceptable Gays jumped into the safe middle and lobbied hard until The White Mainstream was willing to relent on gay marriage.

So, yes, that's progress if you're satisfied living in that safe middle space and rejecting anything and everything that makes The White Mainstream uncomfortable.  ("Oh, dear, why can't those bisexuals just choose what they are and get married?"  Oh, dear, isn't Grinder is soooo dangerous -- what with the AIDS?")  It's the exactly the same with blacks.  Sure, white people will accept blacks as (almost, sort of, but not quite) equal.  In return, blacks just have to hate everything about themselves.[/quote]

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