my point was that queers of colour face oppression both inside and outside of the community that white queers will never face, all you've highlighted is the fact that queer people face homophobia which I already knew
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Pride is meant to be a celebration of queer people and queer people of colour have specifically asked for the flag to be updated to be more inclusive and reflect their struggles.
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Why?
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A black stripe for queer goths is of course absurd and shouldn't happen, but queer people of colour have been pushing to add black and brown stripes to highlight the specific struggles they experience being part of the community because of their race. Which would be a good change
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That's predicated on the presumption that race doesn't intersect with pride and freedom of sexuality. Racism in our community absolutely changes the way queer people of colour can be proud and free. Updating our flag to reflect that dilutes nothing.
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We might all be queer but as white people we benefit from white privilege and a good way to show our queer siblings of colour that we intend to tackle and support the unique oppression they face inside and outside of the community would be to show solidarity by updating the flag
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There are people of colour in our community telling us that they would like this update to feel represented because they face oppression in the community but you think it's an entirely separate issue ?
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Pink was removed because of fabric availability and turquoise and indigo were replaced with royal blue. Adding black and brown for a legitimate show of solidarity shouldn't rile you up this much.
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