Reasons I dislike the LGBT flag with the brown and black stripes:
It implies nonwhite ethnicities aren’t inherently a part of the LGBT community, or that being nonwhite is inherently queer. Neither of which are true, of course, and we can be inclusive without giving “brown people” separate colors.
It looks bad. No, seriously it does. Neutral tones thrown on top of a literal rainbow? Are you kidding me? It is objectively going to clash.
The design was made just after the death of the original creator of the rainbow flag, which itself feels kind of shitty and underhanded.
More reasons:
Often posted as a virtue signal or because people think they’re ‘supposed to’ post it.
Implies that nonwhite races aren’t just not inherently LGBT+, but are an afterthought. Nonwhite people (i.e., the black transgender women in the Stonewall riot) have always been part of the community.
Implies that there is a concrete or definite connection between race and sexuality. There isn’t. So there’s no point in tacking these extra stripes onto the flag.
Has weird tones of “let’s put nonwhite people on a pedestal”. If we’re going to bring race into this, why not add some lighter stripes, too? Olive tones, tan, peach? Oh, right.. it’s because that’s ~whitewashing~ and ~white people suck~. Your skin color doesn’t mean you deserve something that others don’t.
Also has some weird guilt factor for nonwhite LGBT+ people who don’t use it or don’t like it. They don’t have to participate in every single social justice “power move uwu” just because they’re nonwhite.
And I’m fucking shocked that we haven’t seen some bullshit version of the transgender flag with a black and brownstripe slapped onto it.
-K
One more reason:
Each of the colored stripes has a symbolic meaning (life, healing, nature, etc). You’re gonna slap on two stripes that literally just mean ‘brown people’ and ‘black people’?
One more BIG ass reason:
There already WAS a black stripe, which signified the people lost due to AIDS. As in, someone deadass appropriated a stripe used to honor the dead and made it a race thing.
This point in particular pisses me off.
I got called racist and was blocked for my opinion on this flag
I didn’t like it for all the reasons above. I’m a graphic designer, it’s what I do, and the addition of the stripes just didn’t do anything it was intended to
That was also the reason I liked the alternate design that popped up online with the raised fist in the middle and here’s why:
Distinct separation from the original stripes that represent more abstract meanings and the stripes that represent race
The raised fist is a symbol of unity, fighting for eachother and standing up for equality and morals
The skin tones are more inclusive of other POC as well as biracial people who are often written off or erased
The lightest skin tone can represent many different races as well as white people, which to me says that we acknowledge that white privilege is real and we stand with all our POC family and will do what we can to raise them up and give them a voice (would work best if it was at the bottom to symbolise that, but I think how the gradient is currently just looks more appealing from an aesthetic point)
This flag separates race from being a queer identity, and simply acknowledges it as another thing we’re born with that some people face troubles because of
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