HIPSTER RUNOFF

Yall. I take my blog very seriously, and I am looking to advance & promote post-authentic societal norms, putting an end to mainstream norms. I am for the advancement of all things alt, no matter what colour your birth-skin is. The truth is, the new alternative world is colourless. The new alternative mindset sees no colour except neon/pastels/organics/minimalist-colour-schemes.

The power of the internet has enabled a global scene, where it's less about 'the colour of ur skin' and more about 'the colour of ur AmAppy v-neck.' Modern alternative music is a place where truly talented people thrive. Whether you are an AZN dj, a set of post-post-ironic black rappers who play to crowds of white poeple, or even a Mexi post-hardcore band from El Paso Texas... n e 1 can accomplish their dreams in the altstratosphere. Even people in France who would basically end up in the video for Justice's "Stress" can become some of the world's most respected DJs & producers.

Is there such thing as being 'post-tolerant'? How would u describe your personal-tolerance level? Ur rlly smart, and u understand 'how st00pid racism is', but u can't 'help but chuckle' whenever a cliched racist-stereotype manifests itself. (ur s0 selfaware).

R U A RACIST? TELL THE TRUTH, YALL.

N e ways... I wanted to spend some more time talking about 'minorities' as they are perceived in a mainstream context, and how that applies to their alternative existences. Since I am not a blipster, I figured I should publish a letter of some one who truly understands his own struggle--a blipster.

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////Let's get Vulnerable//////
/////Race Relations Edition///
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An open letter from a self-described Blipster HRO reader:

Carles,
I was thinking about how blipsters don’t have many to look up to. I think that the scourges of alt blipsters are Rhianna and Kanye. When normy ppl see us and say we remind them of them we cringe. 

They’re like the equivalent of mainstream altness of Ashley Simpson and the Jonas brothers. Of course still a bit cooler cuz when brown is added it’s always a lil more alt, though the latter may win for their level of irony an alt can hold when talking about them.

I think Pharell and Santogold are our proper role models. They manage to stay on the fence of mainstream and altness. Pharell has managed to be cool in an alt way and having the public completely not remember his emo days (i.e. colabs with deftones) effortlessly (which all us blipsters hope to have happen about our past late mid/ early high school years) and come out with bangers like everybody nose a hipsters wet dream of a “going out song”! Santagold has a white boyfriend and is friends with MIA. And they do it with seeming to be cool with being black and not using it as a gimmick

They’re like the blipster version of girl talk and ___________ (C.Y.O.A. for a girl equal)
I think the Uncle Tom and aunt jemima for us are spank rock and kid sister
Spank for putting us down and having a slough white alt girls around him. Kid sister for “being” ghetto and talking of section A or is it 8 and being loud like the girls who use to call you an oreo (and probably her too) when you were in high school when you can tell she isn’t and for having a white boyfriend and a bad case of hidden mulatto complex.

I can’t think of flawless “altest of the alts” role models, is it because once you call someone the coolest then almost immediately they become un alt (much like general alt decisions) maybe the guy from TV on the radio, he colabs with Karen o who can probably fill in the c.y.o.a. above).

Or is it because blipsters can never reach the true and purest form of altness cuz it’s not their origin?
This leads me to think about the common inside turmoil that an alt blipster goes through (mostly as a b-alt girl):

• Will I ever be accepted as just a regular alt and not by the color of my skin?
• Even though they’re alt they’re still white are they racists deep down?
• Should I dump my entourage of blispster friends for regular alts, if so does that make me more alt?
• Is my non brown bf/gf browner than me? They listen to Lil Wayne I only listen to Hanway Troof.
• Do they really like me for my true altness or because by dating a blipster at some point in their life they become more alt in their alt bros/hoes eyes?
• When will my parents realize this isn’t a phase and that I’m never going to a Les Nubians or Bilal concert with them?
• Do normy black ppl think that I hate my race/self? I don’t.
• Telling yourself that you go out and like w- alts because they’re the ones who talk to you and black boys/ girls always thought you were weird or an Oreo.
• Will my w-alt girl/boy ever consider me to settle down with?
• When blipster boys/ girls try to talk to me and I don’t respond much, do they think that I only want a white boy/ girl alt? it’s not It’s just cuz I think they’re cornballs and look silly and would much rather prefer a hood (rat), but they think I’m weird.
• Oh snap does that mean I’m a cornball?!
• Should I take out my relaxer to prove I love being black and cuz my perm goes on the fritz while dancing to bangers and weirdly my alt boy keeps encouraging on how awesome it be….. What about my cute bangs?!
• Should I put all these years to waste of being a “smart black kid” and finally being the first in my fam to get a good corporate job, to work at cafes like my friends instead of being desperate and only go out on weekends? My friends can only do that cuz they can live off their ‘rents most times. I CAN’T!!!
• Hey that girl who has recently popped up in my neighborhood, is she a blipster brethren or does she just listen to a lot of Kanye and Lupe?
• Perfecting your slang by tips from your mainstream sibling, to add to your authenticity around the alts
• When you come into an alt scene and there is another blipster do they hate you for stealing their turf? Or do they feel vise versa when they come in and see you?
• Does the more blipsters that are sited at an event, make the event increase in mainstreamness?
• Should we call out our alt friends when they make racist jokes but try to let it sly as ironic or making a social statement?

It’s such a tough world for us, does that make us the altest of the alts, especially since we might actually come from the inner cities that our alt bros moved to. But I think we are the altest cuz we are the same as the gheys!

WE DON’T CHOOSE TO BE ALT INSTEAD OF HOOD. WE WERE BORN THIS WAY.
Do you think I should just give up the alt world and become afro-centric instead, is afro centric the true pure from of African American altness? Settle for afro centric guys who love me for my brown skin and pride?!

Help me find authenticity as a blipster in an alt world Carles
Love
“I prefer blipster rather than niggster”
p.s. anonymously, please incase of usage, otherwise I think all blipsters will hate me and say I hate myself
Do I?
I don’t think so
Do all blipsters go through this or is it just me?
Some is jokingly but mostly not

What do yall have 2 say 2 this self-described 'blipster'?
I just want to be authentic. How should authentic alts feel about racism?
What can u do to make 'minori
ties' in alt-circles know that the colour of their skin doesn't matter?
Is altdom the new model for ending racism?
Is Carles a racist?
Is HRO a racist meme incubator?
Are you generally a tolerant person, except when it comes to one specific group of peoples?
Have u ever been discriminated against?