News: “Empire” Actor Jussie Smollett Attacked in Suspected Hate Crime

This is just sad….

How can such a talented actor and musician who is known all across the world become a victim to such an atrocity??

It really makes me wonder what will it take in order for a young gay black male to make it in this country?

Furthermore, to me there is honestly not enough talk that is being done to counter act these terrible ideals from these wanna-be homophobic and racist thugs.

People often forget that in America, gay black men often have it harder than most other stereotypes in this country. We have more hurdles to jump over in order to be viewed as successful.

We have to face racism, homophobia from our families, co-workers, classmates, and people within our social circle as well as our social environment and up, here it comes….the Church Almighty.

On top of that, the sexual preference for black men is usually almost always at the bottom which only makes us feel less of ourselves even if we have the best body in a 5-10 mile radius on grindr, scruff, jacked, Adam4Adam or any other one of these so called “dating” app sites.

Jussie Smollet is one of the few people in this country who alot of gay black men look up too especially as an “out” gay black man. He is a genuine role model. He is an American leader. He has a great aptitude for life and alot of love in his heart. His talent and beautiful voice is only a small snippet of what makes him great. He deserves justice for this horrible situation. Period.

But this kind of thing happens to gay black men all the time in this country. What can we do to stop such injustice? How do we face it especially when the gay community is breaking apart in front of our very eyes??

Hell, I have faced more racism from gay white and Hispanic men than I have from someone who may be identified as a typical Texas redneck and I know personally Im definitely not the only one.

What more do we have to prove to people that we are just human as everyone else? Please someone tell me….

This is an awful but still realistic aspect of what it is like if you are not a straight white man. I don’t believe that these horrible people are representative of the majority of our great country, but these bigots still exist. I don’t expect everyone to accept people who are not straight white males into their “club”, but we must all be accepted as individuals. Violence of any kind should not be acceptable as a form of expression or opinion. In addition, I find it equally disturbing that this was also racial targeting of a black male. I have heard these MAGA people tell blacks that this is more their country than blacks. If anyone ever decides to read a book they would realize blacks have been in this country for 400 years which is much longer than any other group except the First Nation people. Most of these MAGA european-based people didn’t come over until the great migration. Even our president’s family roots are not that deep in America, considering his paternal grandparents where from Germany and his mother was from Scotland. I feel that education is the beginning of getting rid of hateful speech and action. We are all citizens of this great country and deserve equal respect and consideration, no matter how long you been here or where you came from. Meanwhile, I hope law enforcement finds these criminals.