Talk:Billy Porter

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HIV status

I have noted Porter's HIV status in this article, based on a report in The Hollywood Reporter. I'd not usually treat them as a very reliable source, at least for breaking news, but Porter has linked to the article from his verified Twitter account, suggesting it is accurate. ◦ Trey Maturin 15:58, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ancestry

View Who Do You Think You Are, shown Sunday, Jul 7 on NBC. 71.38.47.1 (talk) 04:07, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting racist views.

I find myself amazed that no one has called out the racism inherent in this statement: "The reason why our country is in the mess we're in is simply because of whiteness. White supremacy. White people choke-holding power and sucking the life out of humanity". If that isn’t a perfect example of a glaring double standard I really don’t know what is because you can swap out the words white for any other ‘race’ and it would be a totally abhorrent statement roundly condemned. If there’s a mess it’s because people can actually get away with making this kind of a comment. 96.246.137.168 (talk) 21:52, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you’re going to include racist language in an article by someone it needs to be identified and called our as such as it would in any other article. 96.246.137.168 (talk) 01:16, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Victim blaming much? Complaining about racism is not racism, whereas attacking those complaints is racism. Read and understand the concept of white privilege and its consequences. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 02:18, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Take those comments, change the language simply by flipping the word White to Black and it becomes abundantly clear what a completely racist statement this is. There are not two sets of rules no matter how much people want to believe there are. This is a wildly racist statement and should be called out as such. It’s not victim blaming at all, it’s holding everyone to the same standard when it comes to their views, you don’t get a pass because of skin color. Excusing this away is the same thinking that led to the genocide in Rwanda. Racism is vile and it comes in many forms, excusing away someone’s racism because you believe somehow they are justified because of a perceived grievance does not make it magically okay. This is a subjective comment by a performer and it is vile in nature and needs to be identified as such. 96.246.137.168 (talk) 04:09, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]