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9780385479837

One More River to Cross Black & Gay in America

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    9780385479837

  • ISBN10:

    0385479832

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-12-29
  • Publisher: Anchor
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Summary

In the aftermath of the historic 1993 March on Washington for gay and lesbian rights, Keith Boykin, inOne More River to Cross,clarifies the relationship between blacks and gays in America by portraying the "common ground" lives of those who are both black and gay. Against a backdrop of civil rights and the black experience in America, Boykin interviews Baptist ministers, gay political leaders, and other black gays and lesbians on issues of faith, family, discrimination, and visibility to determine what differences--real and imagined--separate the two communities. Boykin points to evidence of African and precolonial same-sex behavior, as well as figures like James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin, to dispel the myth that homosexuality is a "white thang," while his research suggests that blacks are less homophobic than whites, despite the rhetoric of rap and religion. With stories from his own experience as well as that of other black gays and lesbians, Boykin targets gay racism and black homophobia and suggests that conservative forces have substituted the common language of racism for homophobia in order to prevent a potentially powerful coalition of blacks and gays. By portraying what it means to be black and gay,One More River to Crossoffers an extraordinary window into a community that challenges this country's acceptance of its minorities, both racial and sexual.

Author Biography

Keith Boykin is a CNN political commentator and a former White House aide to President Bill Clinton. Keith teaches politics at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York He earned degrees from both Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, where he studied alongside former president Barack Obama. All four of his books have received nominations for Lambda Literary Awards. In 2013 his book, For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough, won the American Library Association Stonewall Award for Nonfiction.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
In Search of Homep. 3
Are Blacks and Gays the Same?p. 30
Black and Gay in Americap. 85
Bearing Witness: Faith in the Lives of Black Lesbians and Gaysp. 123
Black Homophobiap. 155
Gay Racismp. 212
Deja Vu: The Common Language of Racism and Homophobiap. 236
One More River to Crossp. 261
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