I first coined the term in reference to how white people in my home state of MA like to ask me what "nationality" I am, sometimes at completely inappropriate times (see: my customers at my first restaurant job). (2/17)
I mention all of this now because for the last week-ish, my Twitter feed has been flooded with the story of @TeamYouTube's treatment of @gaywonk (Carlos Maza). (12/17)
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... while allowing far-right YouTubers to post despicable queerphobic content while selling t-shirts with slurs on them. On multiple occasions,
@gaywonk's@voxdotcom series (Strikethrough) has addressed this issue, including one video about@YouTube specifically. (14/17)Show this thread -
Watching this play out in reality, with
@gaywonk himself as the example, and watching@TeamYouTube do nothing while changing@YouTube's icon to a rainbow version of the logo, while Tucker Carlson mocks Carlos on his show, is painfully ironic. It's also BSB in a nutshell. (15/17)Show this thread -
So congratulations,
@TeamYouTube. I would say that you've invented "California homophobia," but I think you've done something far worse. You took the already-existing California homophobia and loudly proclaimed that you're willing to profit from it. (16/17)Show this thread
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