How does the political left respond to the clash between homosexuals and Hispanics?
We're discussing political correctness at school and we have to view the clash of cultures in regards to the political sphere and mainstream media. For my essay I've chosen machismo in the Hispanic community and the current debate about homosexuality.
That duck hunter guy said something about gay people and it caused controversy. But if it were a Hispanic male in that situation would the backlash been as large? The Hispanic community is deeply rooted with masculinity and homosexuality is often times used as an insult or to bust someone's chops. Typical things I have heard between males growing up are...
"you ran away like a gay" referring to the cultural perception that gays are cowardly or feminine.
"crying like a little 'maricon'" again referring to the perception that gays are weak.
"careful that's contagious" when somebody invades your personal space.
Other perceptions in the Hispanic community would be ideas that picking on smaller children or teasing kids at young ages could "b!+c# them" as my uncle would say. or "turn them b!+c#". Of course all these phrases would be some variation of Spanish.
But my real point is that while these ideas are common and the phrases have been all heard before. There is never any real hostility towards gays in the Hispanic community it's simply that Hispanics have always used frank and blunt words to describe other people and themselves. Calling a stranger "fat boy" in mainstream culture could be seen as an attack but calling someone "gordito" in Hispanic communities is generally seen as "hey you".
So would the left wing media react the same way if it were a Hispanic personality commenting his beliefs about the gays or would it be treated as two separate cultures. Would GLAAD had reacted the same way?