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Originally Posted by Noumi
"Goth" is just not part of their culture. I'm pretty sure they have more impontart and realistic things to worry about, considering the fact that they're a racial monority, their situation and the lifestyle that most of them have.
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Yeah, cause the ghetto culture is
way more realistic and more "black". Minority my ass, I
refused a long time ago to not let myself be dictated on how I how should dress and act just because of my brown skin.
Even blacks who
do reject that lifestyle still play it safe and follow a very conservative lifestyle. I pride myself in having the courage to break away from both of those expectations. You'd be surprised the lengths a lot of blacks will go to keep from being thought of as "acting white" by other blacks or being "outcast" by the rest of society.
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ArchLich: I have mixed feelings about the label of African American. I hate how politically correct it is(like being called black is a
terrible thing), but I can see it being used for Africans who do immigrate here.
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Relic: I had to learn hard way that even goths can be ignorant and close-minded. Supposedly, goth is a "white" subculture and any non-white person who chooses that lifestyle is a "traitor" to their race; and some white goths also believe it to an exent(they don't see them as traitors, but still find the idea almost impossible) thanks to the media(how ironic considering goths are supposed to be above that).
You're experience surprised me since I've come across other multi racial goths over the net who say that people overlook their gothic interests because of the "white in them". Because, you know,
no full black person*points to self* could
dare to be goth.