… “How do you measure ‘virulent’ homophobia versus ‘regular’ homophobia?” mused Greg Lewis, a political scientist at Georgia State University who has published several studies on the views of blacks and whites on homosexuality.
I chatted with Lewis today about what the polls might tell us about black views on homosexuality. And as he crunched some numbers, he found that black opinion on gays — to the extent that there’s a “black opinion” on anything — isn’t really easy to define. [cont.]
Gene Demby, NPR