... the other Black experience
DOES ATLANTA LIVE UP TO THE HYPE???
The people in Atlanta never seem to travel to far from the stereotypes.The seem to stay in their roles of what is considered the appropriate way of acting, dressing, and being "black." Many people in the south, especially African Americans in the south will not try something new until whatever it is becomes a popular trend, popularized by an hip hop artist, and then approved by hip hop culture.
I think back during the times of baggy jeans, and long white tees. My true
ATLiens, will remeber the popular song by Dem Franchise Boyz "White Tee," a song popularizing the trend of wearing big, long, tall white tees. This trend went on for a very long time. As average as it may seem to wear just plain white shirts, thats what we were doing in the south. However hip hop culture in the 90's everywhere, was very into baggy clothing until maybe 2000, artist like Kanye West change the mold. Hip hop culture started accepting preppy clothing. Kanye says, "Raulph Lauren was borin until I wore him." Which has remained true. However, the South is always late. Since the beginning of time, the south has been the last area to catch on to the trends. Remeber Industrialization... lol.. But thats another topic of discussion.
However my point is, in many other parts of the country, black communities have been breaking boundaries, stepping outside of stereotypes, and becoming involved in activities that aren't neccessarily part of black/hip hop culture, while the South has been lagging behind. Theres a big Afro-Punk Scene, Blipster (Black Hipster) scene, and Black skaters are popping up all over the place. This has been going for a very long time, YEARS!!!! Especially in areas like California, and some northern areas. But the South only recently decided that it was okay to look like a rockstar or dress like a skater, with Lil Wayn'es acceptance of Rock culture.
Since Lil Wayne has entered the scene many people in the South have grown dreads, bought guitars, got lip piercings, where skinny jeans, and put on the front of "Party like a rockstar" under the guise of the new trend called, "White Boy/Black Boy Swag."
Although I am happy to see the South catching up with the latest Fashion trends, it is JUST that! A FASHION TREND! Many of the people who have grown mohawks, where skinny jeans, vans, and other things attributed to punk fashion have not changed their mentality. It has been made apparent in the South that it is okay to change your style a dress punk, hipster, or like a skater, but its still not okay to act like them. So in other words, they may look like a duck, but they still bark, and play like a dog. They haven't embrace the different cultures or the different music, they have olnly embraced the style. However, they don't embrace the style to the full extent, Gauged ears in the South is still very uncommon, especially in the black community. They where the attire, but they have not accepted the piercings. That part seems alittle extreme. And when embracing these different style the still manage to not step to far outside of the box, by keeping their grills, and sagging the skinny jeans below their asses.
When I travel other places, theres so much diversity in the black community. You have white kids hanging with black kids, and black kids hanging with white kids. Black people can show interest in things outside of hip hop culture, without being ostracized for being different or being outcasted. But the South has remain the South. If you step to far out the box, you are considered strange, different, abnormal or a poser.
I was born in Atlanta and believe that it is is a great place to live and it offers many options, of places to go and things to do.However we must acknowledge that Georgia is still a very racist state, where interracial couples, are looked at with disgust. Race isn't a issue of the past. Therefore there is still alot of intolerance, and not too much room to step outside what is consider appropriate for somene "black" to say or do.
Atlanta is ranked as the gayest city in America! So I must have a greater chance then most to meet the girl of my dreams. So why do I still feel like my options for finding some like me who is apart of the homosexual community are so limited? Am I just not looking or do they really not exist.
I want to hear everyone's opinions. Prove me wrong..
I think back during the times of baggy jeans, and long white tees. My true
ATLiens, will remeber the popular song by Dem Franchise Boyz "White Tee," a song popularizing the trend of wearing big, long, tall white tees. This trend went on for a very long time. As average as it may seem to wear just plain white shirts, thats what we were doing in the south. However hip hop culture in the 90's everywhere, was very into baggy clothing until maybe 2000, artist like Kanye West change the mold. Hip hop culture started accepting preppy clothing. Kanye says, "Raulph Lauren was borin until I wore him." Which has remained true. However, the South is always late. Since the beginning of time, the south has been the last area to catch on to the trends. Remeber Industrialization... lol.. But thats another topic of discussion.
However my point is, in many other parts of the country, black communities have been breaking boundaries, stepping outside of stereotypes, and becoming involved in activities that aren't neccessarily part of black/hip hop culture, while the South has been lagging behind. Theres a big Afro-Punk Scene, Blipster (Black Hipster) scene, and Black skaters are popping up all over the place. This has been going for a very long time, YEARS!!!! Especially in areas like California, and some northern areas. But the South only recently decided that it was okay to look like a rockstar or dress like a skater, with Lil Wayn'es acceptance of Rock culture.
Since Lil Wayne has entered the scene many people in the South have grown dreads, bought guitars, got lip piercings, where skinny jeans, and put on the front of "Party like a rockstar" under the guise of the new trend called, "White Boy/Black Boy Swag."
Although I am happy to see the South catching up with the latest Fashion trends, it is JUST that! A FASHION TREND! Many of the people who have grown mohawks, where skinny jeans, vans, and other things attributed to punk fashion have not changed their mentality. It has been made apparent in the South that it is okay to change your style a dress punk, hipster, or like a skater, but its still not okay to act like them. So in other words, they may look like a duck, but they still bark, and play like a dog. They haven't embrace the different cultures or the different music, they have olnly embraced the style. However, they don't embrace the style to the full extent, Gauged ears in the South is still very uncommon, especially in the black community. They where the attire, but they have not accepted the piercings. That part seems alittle extreme. And when embracing these different style the still manage to not step to far outside of the box, by keeping their grills, and sagging the skinny jeans below their asses.
When I travel other places, theres so much diversity in the black community. You have white kids hanging with black kids, and black kids hanging with white kids. Black people can show interest in things outside of hip hop culture, without being ostracized for being different or being outcasted. But the South has remain the South. If you step to far out the box, you are considered strange, different, abnormal or a poser.
I was born in Atlanta and believe that it is is a great place to live and it offers many options, of places to go and things to do.However we must acknowledge that Georgia is still a very racist state, where interracial couples, are looked at with disgust. Race isn't a issue of the past. Therefore there is still alot of intolerance, and not too much room to step outside what is consider appropriate for somene "black" to say or do.
Atlanta is ranked as the gayest city in America! So I must have a greater chance then most to meet the girl of my dreams. So why do I still feel like my options for finding some like me who is apart of the homosexual community are so limited? Am I just not looking or do they really not exist.
I want to hear everyone's opinions. Prove me wrong..
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Permalink Reply by LadyLinkMaster on -
atlanta is a cool little city, once you get past the "MERKY VAMPIRES"! these people keep up confusion within any group, clique, sect, and business....especially business!!! i'm forty and i remember being called a "POSER". meanwhile, my music collection was just as crazy and diverse as anybody else that considered themselves "ALTERNATIVE OR PUNK". atlanta is very cliquish, but it's the insecure demons that keep it like that. shit.....i will party where there is electricity. i will party with white folk, gay folk, black rocker folk, one-legged strippers, old hippy folk, country ass mother f*&^kers, as long as you don't mess with me, i'm cool! i went to see BILLY IDOL in concert awhile back and the white people were staring at me and saying "I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEEYYYY LIKED THIS KIND OF MUSIC!". now that's a fuckin demon. i must agree that georgia is racist and it's getting bad. that's ok, that's why i got "BLACK MAN". black man is my really big stick that i painted solid black and it has about one hundred nails drilled into it. TAP TAP TAP TAP DAT ASS! atlanta can keep pickin cotton, bitch imma rock till i die, fuck massah!
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Permalink Reply by Stephen Morrison on -
Oh wow! Right on.
TallCrazyDreadLady said:atlanta is a cool little city, once you get past the "MERKY VAMPIRES"! these people keep up confusion within any group, clique, sect, and business....especially business!!! i'm forty and i remember being called a "POSER". meanwhile, my music collection was just as crazy and diverse as anybody else that considered themselves "ALTERNATIVE OR PUNK". atlanta is very cliquish, but it's the insecure demons that keep it like that. shit.....i will party where there is electricity. i will party with white folk, gay folk, black rocker folk, one-legged strippers, old hippy folk, country ass mother f*&^kers, as long as you don't mess with me, i'm cool! i went to see BILLY IDOL in concert awhile back and the white people were staring at me and saying "I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEEYYYY LIKED THIS KIND OF MUSIC!". now that's a fuckin demon. i must agree that georgia is racist and it's getting bad. that's ok, that's why i got "BLACK MAN". black man is my really big stick that i painted solid black and it has about one hundred nails drilled into it. TAP TAP TAP TAP DAT ASS! atlanta can keep pickin cotton, bitch imma rock till i die, fuck massah! -
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Permalink Reply by scott mitcham on -
People often refer to Atlanta as being "The Black Mecca",AND IT IS for CONFORMIST Black people(or any other race of people) for that matter.Think outside the box or color outside the lines and you won't get anywhere.Atlanta is a clique oriented city that really only caters to two kinds of black folks:Thugs and Snobs(Which there's nothing wrong with being either of those things),but DAMN,what about the brothers and sisters here who are different?Thank goodness for this group.
Glad to meet everyone,
Scott
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Permalink Reply by scott mitcham on
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I feel you.I get that SAME reaction at every concert I go to.
Stephen Morrison said:
Oh wow! Right on.
TallCrazyDreadLady said:atlanta is a cool little city, once you get past the "MERKY VAMPIRES"! these people keep up confusion within any group, clique, sect, and business....especially business!!! i'm forty and i remember being called a "POSER". meanwhile, my music collection was just as crazy and diverse as anybody else that considered themselves "ALTERNATIVE OR PUNK". atlanta is very cliquish, but it's the insecure demons that keep it like that. shit.....i will party where there is electricity. i will party with white folk, gay folk, black rocker folk, one-legged strippers, old hippy folk, country ass mother f*&^kers, as long as you don't mess with me, i'm cool! i went to see BILLY IDOL in concert awhile back and the white people were staring at me and saying "I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEEYYYY LIKED THIS KIND OF MUSIC!". now that's a fuckin demon. i must agree that georgia is racist and it's getting bad. that's ok, that's why i got "BLACK MAN". black man is my really big stick that i painted solid black and it has about one hundred nails drilled into it. TAP TAP TAP TAP DAT ASS! atlanta can keep pickin cotton, bitch imma rock till i die, fuck massah! -
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