Key Sentence:
- Media personality Somizi Mhlongo-Motaung discusses racism and classicism in the LGBTQIA+ community.
This week, the star posted the first video from a TikTok creator talking about racism on social media. Then he posted a video looking at the problem. Since June is a month of pride, Somizi asks why the Pride parade is only held in the suburbs.
“I’ve always had a problem with Joburg and Cape Town pride because I don’t think they’re inclusive at all. “From the outside, it looks inclusive because everyone is represented, but deep inside, there is no inclusion.
Somizi Mhlongo-Motaung baked for publication for Deaf Youth Day.
“Look at the commission that runs Pride, the places where the marches are held are proper places for foreign white people to feel comfortable,” Somizi said.
He went on to say that he had never heard of the all-encompassing pride march that took place in the tent. Then he asked what was the point of marching when it wasn’t suitable for most foreigners. “We have to be fully represented in decisions. “It’s not just white queers who have great ideas,” he said.
After that, the Idols SA star continued to deal with classicism in the black queer community. “There are gay men who think that other gay men wearing headscarves are inferior, cheap, and uneducated. These men believe they are better than the rest.
“They even look down on homosexuals being attacked in tents and say they deserve it for going to cheap tavernas. I grew up in Orlando East, so I know both ends. It has to stop,” he said. Stamp out the abundant video inferior.
