This is an opinion piece I wrote in spanish on my blog a few days ago, and now I just translated it to english, for english speakers to read.
I write about the “Straight Moderate”, in a way akin to how MLK talked about the “White Moderate”, because I fell identified with his frustrations, extrapolated to the LGBTQ+ struggles.
Tell me what you think if you read it, thanks.
I know your history is different from theirs, but I still think it would make a strong argument and ground what you are saying.
Venezuelan political struggle seems to intersect quite strongly with ethnicity as well as social class and economic status. I think there were a white-aspiring middle class group who were bystanders during the riots etc - the same kind of people who probably say “there is no racism” and turn a blind eye.
It did not take me long to find this criticism by a Venezuelan academic:
Anyway, thanks for sharing your essay, it was a good read.