Why celebrate Black Pride?
For a weekend, no one will be judged too butch, too femme or too black.
RAY DANIELS
Friday, May 23, 2008
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2008/5-23/view/columns/12647.cfmWHY BLACK PRIDE?
People ask me that question all the time. I respond by asking why not Black Pride? Why not Black, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride? Why not celebrate diversity? Why not get together for one weekend each year with people who give you a sense of comfort? Why not select one weekend out of the year and embrace the liberty, strength and unity of black people who love others of the same sex?
Pride is not about exclusion or division. It is an opportunity to gather, celebrate and provide positive reinforcement for the negative stereotypes that we are fed each day by society. Some of those messages are obvious and literal, others are subliminal and subconscious. These acts can vary in their degree of harm.
