Personally, I don't think anyone is attacking Monique and is rather just
engaging her in conversation. If she found any of this truly disagreeable
she could have easily just stop responding. But I think she does have one
semi-valid point. Trying to equate the experiences of two distinct
minority group trivializes and marginalizes the personal experience of both
groups. As an outsider, the oppression that both African-Americans and
Homosexuals experience seem similar, but I think it would be insensitive
for me to tell someone who has experienced said oppression first hand that
it is similar. Of course at some base level suffering is a universal human
condition and while the details of it all are very different the - it is a
very shared experience. That is why it is such a powerful force.
Monique,
I think many of the people that have responded to your emails have been
kind, patient, and respectful. I would like to point out one thing in your
emails that concerns me. Although the oppression that homosexuals and
African Americans are different, I get the impression that the difference
you write about is not just that.
I was once told that suffering is the condition of the oppressed and sin is
the action of the oppressor*. In this model, you clearly place the
African-American community in the oppressed camp while placing the
homosexual community in the oppressor camp. Practically speaking, has the
L-G community really oppressed anyone? Are they even in a position to
oppress anyone? If you want to further discuss the religious impact in
this suffering-sin world viewand why placing the L-G community in the
oppressed group is very un-Christian, we can do that off list.
*I was first introduced to this world view in The Wounded Heart of God my
Prof Park.
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