Cultural Analysis

Black Invisibility and Racism in Punk Rock by Tasha Shermer

Submitted by Jennifer on Tue, 05/18/2004 - 7:28pm.

I'd always get pissed off when, on IRC in a punk chat room, people would just assume I was white. Even when I gave them my pics, they'd think of every ethnicity but black to guess as my race.

When I would tell them, "Well, I'm half black and half white," they'd be shocked.

"You're black???" would invariably be the reply. "Wow, I've never met a black punk." --read more >>

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