ms. sophie darling
March 2012
Memos show NOM tried to pin gays, blacks against each other →
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In an ongoing series of allegations against the extremely anti-gay National Organization for Marriage, documents were found that show the organization’s racist, homophobic strategy for repealing marriage equality in Maine, among other anti-marriage equality campaigns.
HRC obtained and circulated the documents this week, and they’re shocking. I can’t phrase NOM’s strategy any more clearly than they already have, so here’s an excerpt from this New York Times blog:
“The strategic goal of the project is to drive a wedge between gays and blacks — two key Democratic constituencies,” the memo says, describing an initiative called the “Not a Civil Right Project.”
The project’s goal, according to the memo, was to recruit blacks who opposed same-sex marriage to represent the group, and then “provoke the gay marriage base into responding by denouncing these spokesmen and women as bigots.”
This is HUGE. Stay tuned for updates as this evolves - it’s going to be around for a while.
“So many people ask me about it but honestly I don’t know. Shit just became a habit. But my palms do itch a lot, I swear they do. So I got tired of scratching them and just went to rubbing my hands…They itch a lot, man. So I just got tired of scratching them and just went to rubbing my hands. But it just became a habit and it’s like I’m known for the shit. I’m like “Damn, I’m doing this shit that much that people are recognizing it? But then I found myself doing it so now I’m like, Fuck it, I’m going to keep doing it…I really wanted to let them know that at the end of the day, it’s really about money. Don’t get it twisted. I’m a hard worker and everything with me is, if I work hard I should get paid for it. Everything with me, I try to symbolize something flashy like jewelry or a car. The rubbing hands is a symbol of hustling, so it goes back to the money.”
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Bryan “Baby”/”Birdman”/”Stunna” Williams explains the #birdmanhandrub (via howtotalktogirlsatparties)
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