Snowflake black people. complaining about other blacks hating on them

I always thought that the reason for judging among people of the same race being so intense, had to do with the "simplicity" of labeling. No, its out of a sense of "betrayal" considering we suppose to be united in the same fight and the same struggle. i had a all black female band called outlaw starr thats an amalgamate of several genres. but realistically the few black rock fans i came across i never really liked them on a personal level. mostly because they came across as a self-pitying,self absorbed,indifferent,assimilated suburban whiners lol...hey i'm just putting it out there. and this is coming from a very fair skinned sista with light green eyes and silky wavy black hair (or "good hair" as some black people call it). i also got the whole insults of "are you biracial", "are you white" etc etc etc...but i never let those comments deter me from being black and proud.

and as far as being "obligated" to listen to rap or R&B i think thats a BS belief since most blacks grew up with those genres. i love rock but hip-hop,and soul will always be my first love (especially hip-hop). i grew up with Marvin Gaye, earth wind and fire, sade, the isley brothers (especially the 3+3 years), NWA, ice-t, 2pac, pm dawn, run-dmc, ll cool j, outkast, bone thugs-n-harmony. so of course it would be ingrained into me, mostly cause my parents listened to both soul and hip hop. hell when i first got my strat guitar at 6 years old i was trying to play rap music with it in addition to rock music. and i could have sworn soul was one of the foundations of rock in the first place.


black suburban kids getting into rock is not a revelation people, its assimilation. the truth of the matter is that most of the kids interviewed in the documentary was a bunch of assimilated kids who adapted to suburbia or got brain washed by their parents..particularly the girl who's parents told her not to date black guys. now show me a documentary where rock/punk converts Tyrone and Tamika from bed stuy new york, south central ,Compton, Cleveland, north memphis, and every other ghetto. if you can do that, then it truly transcends race.....but it doesn't. there's always exceptions but if you grew up around it 8 times out of 10 you'll adapt to it. and that's why blacks gravitate towards rap and R&B and generally speaking there's nothing wrong with that.

i'll admit it was much easier for me because i had a support group of sorts. my dad was a OG in my neighborhood so i inherited his street cred so to speak. but mostly cause i had no problem fitting in with other black people despite being a fan of rock music. i had other things that connected me with my people. my guess is that you all need to find that commonality instead of whining about being so different from other brothas and sistas...