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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it concerning that LGBT issues get folded in with racial issues as a disguise.
The Respect for Marriage seemed to do just that. There was a very tiny threat to the concept of interracial marriage. However, the LGBT community grabbed it and packaged it along with gay marriage to get the agenda going. 
In this case, somehow, understanding African American culture also involves understanding gay issues. [/quote]

Students have been reading James Baldwin in upper level HS courses for decades.  While literature and, specifically, his books, are only a small part of African American history and culture, a class discussion or paper that does not recognize that he was Black, male, gay, and often writing about urban and religious aspects of culture would be missing quite a lot.  It would be unfortunate if all of these aspects of his identity and their influence on his worldview and writing could not be explored as topics of academic interest.

This is just one example. I chose Baldwin as an author whose work has been considered classic for many decades.  [/quote]
And he’s exactly the kind of Black author DeSantis and the rest of the racists want to banish. Too thinky. Too much smart. [/quote]

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