Bayard Rustin Quote

Today, blacks are no longer the litmus paper or the barometer of social change. Blacks are in every segment of society and there are laws that help to protect them from racial discrimination. The new 'niggers' are gays. It is in this sense that gay people are the new barometer for social change. The question of social change should be framed with the most vulnerable group in mind: gay people.


Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2003) - ISBN: 9781573446334


Today, blacks are no longer the litmus paper or the barometer of social change. Blacks are in every segment of society and there are laws that help...

Today, blacks are no longer the litmus paper or the barometer of social change. Blacks are in every segment of society and there are laws that help...

Today, blacks are no longer the litmus paper or the barometer of social change. Blacks are in every segment of society and there are laws that help...

Today, blacks are no longer the litmus paper or the barometer of social change. Blacks are in every segment of society and there are laws that help...