"These White Gay Guys Are Coming To Take All Our Jobs."

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  • Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2024

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  • @rayrothermel4861
    @rayrothermel4861 8 лет назад +90

    I wish you would have contacted the ACLU and the Human Rights Campaign and the local gay community for help in dealing with the homophobic B.S. in the mayor's office. The local media should have been contacted where they could put the mayor on the spot.

    • @slipdisco
      @slipdisco 4 года назад +2

      I agree with Ray Rothermel’s comment about contacted the ACLU and the Human Rights Campaign. The Detroit City government should have been held accountable and the homophobia exposed.

    • @lucypearl9216
      @lucypearl9216 3 года назад

      Ray, they would have done absolutely nothing.

    • @kevinboone2178
      @kevinboone2178 3 года назад +1

      @@lucypearl9216 That's not the point, as he would have done well to try.

  • @bernlin2000
    @bernlin2000 4 года назад +36

    "You know what I mean"
    I look forward to a world where our children will not know what she "meant".

  • @tplmic5866
    @tplmic5866 8 лет назад +31

    Thank you, James. I am a from Detroit and now live in the suburbs. No wonder the City of Detroit has so many challenges. I cannot understand the prejudice against anyone. And when it happens to a gay man, I am enraged.
    Keep up the fight.

  • @TommyChardonneret
    @TommyChardonneret 9 лет назад +20

    As a lawyer who is and always has been a gay male, I was hired by one of the world's largest real estate development companies after I had successfully served in two federal judicial clerkships and a stint as an Enforcement Attorney with the US Securities & Exchange Commission after graduating from law school where I was on the dean's list. Because I made the egregious error of accepting an offer of employment with this particular company, a Dallas, Texas based cabal of heterosexual married "family" men who loved to entertain themselves and many of their male clientele at the most expensive of strip joints wherever they did business, I know so well the cowardice of homophobes who just can't admit their irrational prejudices and who resort to newspeak for their "just get your ass out the door, no questions answered" parting words that implement their ignorant self-reassuring feckless discrimination. Their phrase of choice with me was "there just doesn't seem to be the right fit" between me and the company. Personally despicable and astoundingly ignorant with unexamined hubris, many of these integrity lacking homophobes, whether in the private or public sectors, will waste so much of their time trying to "homogenize" (perhaps more apropos a word would be "heterogenize") their little fiefdoms in lieu of doing the truly necessary tasks that are in their overflowing in-boxes right beneath their self-destructively turned-up noses.

  • @jamestrueblood1990
    @jamestrueblood1990 4 года назад +10

    I got terminated for being gay and was passed up for a promotion in the military later for being gay we have 0 protections in almost all states

    • @lucypearl9216
      @lucypearl9216 3 года назад

      James, you have enough damn protection. STFU!

    • @isaiahyoungbrown
      @isaiahyoungbrown 3 года назад +1

      @@lucypearl9216 huh

    • @noirjack7
      @noirjack7 2 года назад

      You’re lying 😂 which branch were you in?

  • @rc5chi539
    @rc5chi539 9 лет назад +17

    The fact is , most people in supervisory positions have been trained on how to discriminate legally ? Using the loophole of being able to discharge an employee without reason ? and in reality there always has to be a reason or the person wouldn't be let go to begin with ? so , to protect their ass , most have been trained to keep their mouth's shut and just use the phrases like " it's not working out " or " you don't seem to be a good fit " or " the position is'nt really suited for you " . or " you might be happier somewhere else " .

  • @Lepewhi
    @Lepewhi 9 лет назад +11

    Such dignity! You'll be fine, sorry this shit happens.

  • @DannyLTerry
    @DannyLTerry 4 года назад +6

    AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT FOR YOUR GOOD!
    MUCH LOVE*

  • @MrCWells3000
    @MrCWells3000 8 лет назад +47

    Wow. This poor, sweet guy. I'm glad he took it in stride and didn't let it undermine his sense of self.
    Just goes to show you the extent of the nasty homophobic bigotry that runs deep in black culture.

    • @gaefocker1
      @gaefocker1 8 лет назад +4

      MrWells3000 Really? The new mayor and chief counsel were WHITE.

    • @auriejohnson968
      @auriejohnson968 7 лет назад +1

      This was a WHITE mayor's administration.

    • @dlee9924
      @dlee9924 5 лет назад +3

      @Jason Eric There are multiple things that females do, and it's not just black women. Inside of the black community there are just people who are not comfortable with gay men due to most likely the fear of another thing you have to fight with society to get over. The struggle is hard, and in many ways we do it to ourselves.

    • @dlee9924
      @dlee9924 5 лет назад

      @Jason Eric This is such a great statement and it should make people think. The very idea that there is the same outcome when it comes to people of different back grounds, ethnicity of the person, and social status is stated to be one goal. This so very far from the truth. This community is set up to make some feel inferior, and other may excell. There should be a goal of inclusion with in a community that can be the worst she it comes to the way we treat each other, due to clicks, the perceived idea of how one should look, the inability to learn about each other's culture. We miss the mark within the community so much it becomes a joke. I would love for him to push on and make it into a opportunity to teach all in this community of LGBT or what every you want to be. There knowledge that we can be better is so straight in the face it crazy, but so many fail even at the simple task of just being friendly.

    • @59vanity
      @59vanity 4 года назад +4

      Jason Eric, I am a black female and your statement is a vast generalization and so I very much disagree with you! I do not have a problem with gay ppl and I do not think they should hide in the closet on their jobs because straight ppl live their life in the open so why should they?

  • @Raphaelus13
    @Raphaelus13 9 лет назад +11

    This is why we need anti orientarion-discrimination labor laws.

  • @jwalt8019
    @jwalt8019 9 лет назад +39

    Their loss. The man upstairs has something much better in store for you, clearly.

  • @CalogeroSmith
    @CalogeroSmith 5 лет назад +2

    World is full of little people who have giant prejudice. But a small bunch of people have a great heart too.

  • @teammmx
    @teammmx 9 лет назад +11

    Wow. And I know how that must've made you feel. I had a job about 8 years ago where coworkers made similar comments, and with me being closeted and still feeling shame about myself, I didn't have the will to say something or report it, I just knew I had to find another job. Knowing that the work environment would be that way, I couldn't stay in that culture.

  • @earthworm4255
    @earthworm4255 9 лет назад +4

    Ugh. It's not your shame. It's not yours. It's theirs. Leave their shame with them. Leave it. You are lovely. Yes, you own your identity. They're frightened and weak. You stay strong and proud.

  • @TigerPrawn_
    @TigerPrawn_ 9 лет назад +20

    That's terrible! Surely you can't do that, they should be sued! Or is it one of these states where there's no anti-hate-speech laws? Pffft.

    • @kelle0285
      @kelle0285 3 года назад

      I can do that, and don't call me Shirley.

  • @gramps2matt
    @gramps2matt 9 лет назад +19

    While much of the media is boasting about the huge come back Detroit is looking at under the leadership of Mayor Duggan the fact of the matter is our state is growing increasingly more toward right wing philosophies with LGBT phobic measures coming out of the State capitol. And on that I cite legislation aimed at being able to deny service to anyone you feel your religion is against. While Mayor Duggan may be a Democrat the public discourse still rails against LGBT individuals. With underhanded discrimination like this going on behind his back not addressing it will only serve to bolster the homophobia that is here and now present in the Detroit Metro area. Standing up for yourself James was great but unless someone forces Mike Duggan's hand to act proactively in YOUR favor and proclaim his administration will NOT tolerate the discrimination you endured, we will continue to be maligned and seen as a detriment to the future of this city and metro area. SHAME ON HIM and yes do bring a law suit to establish that we are worthy of respect as well.

  • @nanlev613
    @nanlev613 Год назад

    I think the fact that he questioned the appropriateness of certain things demonstrates his good judgment. We all have to figure out the right amount of ourselves to inject into a job regardless of sexual orientation.

  • @RecoveringSkoomaAddict
    @RecoveringSkoomaAddict 7 лет назад +1

    You are a righteous soul :) what a treat to see! Thank you for sharing your story.

  • @dawgeral333
    @dawgeral333 9 лет назад +1

    What an awful thing you had to go through, but you seem to have processed it really well....and came out on the other side...even better! Good for you (and thank you). I'm sure that wherever you find yourself you'll be strong enough to take care of yourself...and represent us well, also.

  • @benth162
    @benth162 9 лет назад +6

    Good for you young man. What you should do now is find a lawyer who will take your case pro-bono and sue the "S"it out of those idiots, for discrimination. You've got at least two platforms that can be use, which are obvious. You shouldn't want to win to get your job back, you need to win to put those bstrds in their place, and maybe get them fired.
    I wish you the best for your future. Good luck my friend !

  • @dlg5485
    @dlg5485 Год назад +1

    As a black gay man, I can say from experience that there has always been division between the black and gay communities. I think a lot of this comes from the narrative that we have all been conditioned to believe, which is that there is a scarcity of resources that we all have to compete for. This is a lie! We live in the wealthiest nation on earth and there are more than enough resources for everything we all need. We just need to realize that the division is manufactured by powerful people who want to keep us distracted while they take it all. If we had enough sense to come together and fight together, there is no limit to what we could achieve for ourselves and for each other.

  • @kevinboone2178
    @kevinboone2178 3 года назад +1

    I will be neither perpetrator, victim nor bystander. Oppression should be exposed where one finds it, otherwise it lingers. The brother didn't bring it to light, and here we are. Traditional Michigan and Detroit news outlets, and targeted social media, would revel in taking the story, even if his employment contract stipulated he could be let go for any reason. The point would have been to put the mayor, his general counsel, and the city, on notice that all eyes would be on them going forward, making them think twice before doing such dirt again.

  • @LenHealsU
    @LenHealsU 2 года назад

    You did the right thing James, and you have many many people, who love and support you, including total strangers like me! The humiliation and discrimination you received from that dept. are grounds for a lawsuit, but let's not go there for now. You have a bright future ahead of you, and whoever ends up as your boyfriend, he will be one lucky dude!

  • @echoeddra8on
    @echoeddra8on 8 лет назад +6

    wtf!! This is missed up! Although I am happy that he was able to learn something from the experience.

  • @mosichat
    @mosichat 8 лет назад +21

    You need to run for office.

  • @arleneaugustahair8393
    @arleneaugustahair8393 5 лет назад +1

    I still don’t understand what being, gay, straight or anything else has to do in a workplace. You’re there to do a job, it should never ever matter what someone does in their home on their private time. They aren’t invited so why does it ever matter? As long as they aren’t committing any crimes, it’s no one’s business.

  • @jamescarrington5521
    @jamescarrington5521 3 года назад +3

    I am so sorry; this same thing has happened to me a few times, actually. I know this isn't part of the story, but....damn, you really are hot, lol. Anyway, I don't know how to say this without sounding like a Goddamned narcissist who kisses mirrors all the time, but....I would often find out, from former coworkers and many years later after being forced out of more than a few great jobs, that the reason I was fired from an otherwise great job was because I was either perceived to be gay, or someone was jealous of me due to my youth or my looks or both....I was crushed, I couldn't understand it at all! I have NEVER thought of myself as "hot" or "sexy" or "handsome" or "good-looking," let alone overtly flaming queen obvious, but there it always was. I had no idea WHY so many other guys hated me for no apparent reason. I was just an average guy with an average body with average looks, yet it happened over and over. All I ever really wanted was a job I not only loved, but one where I felt wanted, needed, an integral part of the team, but this just not in the cards for me, not in THIS life, anyway. Try to become self-employed somehow; that was my ticket to fairness and equality. Fuck corporate America and bitchy politics; do your own thing, be open, honest, and always true to yourself. Been there, done that.

  • @terrancejohnson3071
    @terrancejohnson3071 9 лет назад +1

    That is awfully what you went through. I am proud if you.

  • @giovanniserafino1731
    @giovanniserafino1731 8 лет назад +7

    I'm so sorry you were treated like this. I'm Italian and think you are awesome handsome beyond belief!

  • @pinstripesuitandheels
    @pinstripesuitandheels 4 года назад

    A homophobe *and* a racist? What a lovely lady! /s

  • @michaelmichaelfordloverman8332
    @michaelmichaelfordloverman8332 4 года назад

    I hope he gets a lawyer and Sue's them

  • @rustyjames719
    @rustyjames719 Год назад

    That is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard!!

  • @calebmartinez8336
    @calebmartinez8336 2 года назад

    how can i play the victim? im trying to learn so i can take advantage of the system

  • @jamieking7471
    @jamieking7471 4 года назад +1

    The discrimination stories that I witnessed in my 20s.

  • @jamesgeorge2230
    @jamesgeorge2230 7 лет назад +6

    im black and always find it interesting when people of color look for a reason to discriminate against someone based on looks or a bias and will actively try an take someones rites away from them but #blacklivesmatter.

    • @ladyboywonder9139
      @ladyboywonder9139 6 лет назад +1

      James George what the hell?

    • @ladyboywonder9139
      @ladyboywonder9139 6 лет назад +1

      Valentina Worldwide racist you

    • @youtubeyoutube6341
      @youtubeyoutube6341 6 лет назад +2

      James George you are conflating stuff here. And make assumptions. And the fact you announce blackness doesn’t make your statement any less racist. If indeed you are black l.

    • @pedrolopes3542
      @pedrolopes3542 6 лет назад

      ​@@youtubeyoutube6341
      What???? why do you say he is racist?

    • @ekenzie1530
      @ekenzie1530 5 лет назад +1

      @@pedrolopes3542 He or she is making broad generalisations. it does not matter the race if you make assumptions of a group of people you should be classified as ignorant, prejudice or racist. It seems like his intent is in the wrong so that he can be validated by a non-black group. If he or she was being genuine with his concern with the disproportionate homophobia in the multiple black communities compared to the multiple white communities he would have said so and I would agree with him/her. Instead he or she is looking for validation by the dominant group. It's all false concern.

  • @monica8833
    @monica8833 6 лет назад +1

    That really sucked...I hope you have something far better now

  • @lenovovo
    @lenovovo 4 года назад

    All I can say is WOW!!! This dude's story is scary but it's reality. I sure would love to know how he is doing these days. Just so you know dude, I'm in your corner, and I believe in you.

  • @Matthewgreen7779311
    @Matthewgreen7779311 9 лет назад +1

    Wow. I am sorry this happened to you. You appear to have handled the situation well. Hang in there. I think this story demonstrates why the fight for equality is far from over. We won the right to marry (by just one vote on the Supreme Court) but still have so many more battles to win, including federal employment discrimination protection. Make no mistake. It is a fight, and it continues.

    • @AllenTax
      @AllenTax 7 лет назад

      Yes. Far from it. LGBT doesn't even have basic rights. People seem to think so however.As to mar riage is just 1 of many things to win over.

  • @chrisandrews6456
    @chrisandrews6456 4 года назад +1

    Oh my what a story and an extremely gorgeous man

  • @meezursrule
    @meezursrule 4 года назад

    Gosh, that's appalling!

  • @Wolfy83
    @Wolfy83 5 лет назад

    What a betrayal on their part.

  • @kimalonzo2145
    @kimalonzo2145 3 года назад +1

    Everyone gets mistreated at some point in their life. Dont be a victim. Life isnt easy or fair. Should we all make a youtube video about it?

    • @kevinboone2178
      @kevinboone2178 3 года назад +1

      I will be neither perpetrator, victim nor bystander. Oppression should be exposed where one finds it, otherwise it lingers. The brother didn't bring it to light, and here we are. Traditional Michigan and Detroit news outlets, and targeted social media, would revel in taking the story, even if his employment contract stipulated he could be let go for any reason. The point would have been to put the mayor, his general counsel, and the city, on notice that all eyes would be on them going forward, making them think twice before doing such dirt again.

  • @myworld426
    @myworld426 6 лет назад +8

    Can't help it but I am extremely attracted to him ..

    • @bernlin2000
      @bernlin2000 4 года назад +3

      I, too, am attracted to intelligence and wisdom XD

    • @michaelflinn7784
      @michaelflinn7784 4 года назад +2

      Indeed. What a gorgeous man.

  • @LarryBanks85
    @LarryBanks85 4 года назад

    That's crazy

  • @F4TiMA.
    @F4TiMA. 6 лет назад +2

    This still happens to trans people EVERY SINGLE DAY... in particular trans women of colour... black women.

  • @troysierra5228
    @troysierra5228 5 лет назад

    James you should run as candidate for major! ...And yeah based human dignity morals.

  • @graceygrumble
    @graceygrumble 4 года назад

    Racist, sexist, homophobes come in all races and genders. It's all rather disheartening.

  • @jasperdilincoln2341
    @jasperdilincoln2341 7 лет назад

    LAW Suit! for discrimination

  • @kjackson5899
    @kjackson5899 8 лет назад

    One day soon I HOPE you look back and say "I see why that happened I'm so much Happier Now; Changing karma😘

  • @semsemeini7905
    @semsemeini7905 7 лет назад

    Nice, smart guy.

  • @bobsmith4781
    @bobsmith4781 8 лет назад

    That really sucked!

  • @bronxbearbud272
    @bronxbearbud272 5 лет назад

    This is, of course only one side of a situation that cannot be properly judged on those terms. Or is that just my racist refusal to believe a black man, because as jussie Smollett asked, why would he make any of this stuff up?

  • @dylanmuenzberg8736
    @dylanmuenzberg8736 4 года назад

    I’m not understanding. He was hired to do work with lgbt stuff? Surely they knew he was lgbt lol

  • @TheChristopherBlake1
    @TheChristopherBlake1 5 лет назад

    ✨WOW ✨
    I'm truly inspired, touched & moved by this clip.
    Thank you for being authentic, honest & being in alignment of your authentic power.
    Your journey has empowered me as a 52 year old, change making, LOVE SERGANT!
    Words have the power to hurt, destruct, defile and deliver death to many or to HEAL.
    I'm elated because you engaged in a powerful manner, thst enhanced the community In a passionate, purposeful, way that pulled all of us up to a perch where we might display that pride only works when it is displayed with love & kindness to all !

  • @michaelmichaelfordloverman8332
    @michaelmichaelfordloverman8332 4 года назад +1

    I'm gay and proud this guy will do what he has to we have rights

  • @skdkoc
    @skdkoc 4 года назад +1

    silly Guy

  • @AndresRodriguez-pu1gh
    @AndresRodriguez-pu1gh 5 лет назад

    Title is missleading

  • @zaqvoir4856
    @zaqvoir4856 5 лет назад

    poor kid who comes to work at 3:30 in the afternoon? think about it

    • @ianjones7488
      @ianjones7488 4 года назад

      You think about it. Not everyone starts work at 9 a.m. Twud,

  • @jonahansen
    @jonahansen 4 года назад

    Dude, you need to learn to say ask, not aks. Using your own words is fine if you only need to talk to yourself, but when speaking to others, it's necessary to use words they use too in order to communicate effectively.

  • @Pocahontas-jh1cq
    @Pocahontas-jh1cq 8 лет назад +1

    When people have to tell someone that they are gay, that means that their mannerisms, appearance, and demeanor is on point! He should have watched more instead of outing himself in an atmosphere that he knew nothing about.

  • @connordarcy6786
    @connordarcy6786 2 года назад

    Stop crying like a woman. You're a strong gay man. Act like it, king

  • @Njoofene
    @Njoofene 8 лет назад +3

    Maybe they just didn't think you were any good. Sorry, but I refuse to buy that you were being discriminated on grounds of your sexuality. Any other profession I would say maybe, but politics! Come on. There are loads of gays in politics just like in entertainment. Maybe you are looking for something that's not there.

    • @bunji_beans
      @bunji_beans 8 лет назад +17

      +Njoofene The strategies he implemented were working, but his "associations weren't aligned with the administration" and that's why they fired him. Maybe you are refusing to see what's there.

    • @Jinxyoutoheaven
      @Jinxyoutoheaven 7 лет назад

      yep pretty much

  • @vanhouttesnezana521
    @vanhouttesnezana521 8 лет назад

    i will get hate and maybie i am troll nothing better to do.i am strait women so maybie i dont get it.i dont have anything against gays in general of they are nice moral monogamy guys.
    .i do exept gay marriage exept not reallu sure how i feel abouth gay adopting children.not sure about that i dont say they will not be great parents but some thing in life you cant chainge like what sociaety thinks and feels abouth it you know that child will have some issues.but anyway what i wanted to say is i simpatise with gays and all i respect you cant help it buuttttt there allways and i mean allways even after is gone other generations and other generations will still probably not accept the gay in mayority i mean.that something you should accept this truth and not be sad abouth it.just accepted that there allways i mean allways goig to be people who dont aprove it.point.ok lets hit me now.i wish you peace

    • @paolagrando5079
      @paolagrando5079 4 года назад

      If you are not sure how to feel about gay people adopting children maybe looking for video about some of those children explaning how the feel. And also look for paperwork that states that kids of gay couples are not different then kids of heterosexual couples. You'll feel better later and be part of the change in a positive way.