The Human Rights Campaign Might Be Racist
Today’s edition of completely predictable gay news.
One of the “Top Stories” this past week in The Washington Post was, “Human Rights Campaign hit with racial bias suit by former president fired in Andrew M. Cuomo scandal.”
Normally, I might skim over a headline that seemed so unsurprising. A story suggesting possible racism or sexism in the HRC’s administrative structure falls into a similar news category as the daily revelations of Trump’s corruption and narcissism. Do I really need additional evidence for my long-standing beliefs? Stupid clickbait. I feel manipulated. WaPo knows I love to hate the HRC.
Mainstream media loves watching a good chair fight on the left. At least Jerry Springer never claimed to be the Fourth Estate of Democracy. The headline pits gay rights against racial equality against the MeToo Movement. While there could be a valuable discussion on the historical presence of racism and misogyny within the heart of the more conventionally attired efforts to advance LGBT civil rights, this story probably won’t inspire much critical discourse. What it does accomplish is most accurately approximated by Edlund, the gleeful right-wing troll in the comments section…
