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?
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26 Comments
this is really fucked up
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You and your readers are such fucking posers you racist fucking loser and using the word faggot is not cool you wish you were a fucking hipster and alt is the lamest word ever get a life and stop perpetrating you fucking loser =]
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this loser is so stupid no REAL hipsters would ever call themselves a hipster and the word blipster is very racist and stupid we are all equal therefore e should all be called hipsters Loser!!! POSERS!!!!!!!
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LOL at culturally-conscious, white (straight) high-schoolers gettin all rowdy and perturbed. WHERE IS THE LOVE, CARLES? – BLACK Eyed Peace
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I wouldn’t say “racist to non-white”, but rather “racist to non-jew”…
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The rural background in the last pic makes me feel uncomfortable.
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i made an off-the-cuff comment on this post about how obama is an oreo so suddenly my double-stuffed oreo mulatto ass is mainstream and now it’s all gone.
this post is tr00 tho. how can i have cute bangs if i’m too lazy to give a fuck about straightening my hair. i have to compensate with neon. there’s a lot of stuff american-apparel white masses at music festivals just assume, and anonymous girl hit it right on the head.
OMG RACIST commenters are missin the point. being comfortable enough to make jokes and actually discuss things in depth is what makes the racism go away.
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WOW This chick definitely hit the nail on the head, its as if she has documented my life from my birth to my current blipster existence (even included the lame0 emo stage any good blipster went through) Actually, when I found out the name blipster for the first time, made me feel not so alone in this alt world. True dat to the blipsters at the party who don’t talk to you becuz your stomping on their turf, I just through a big what-ev and keep truckin’. And although I do appreciate Kanyizzle for his efforts, robo rhi-rhi must be destroyed.
Thanks ma’am!
P.S. Santogold is a 4th degree black belt alt in my eyes
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There’s some really good, deep, insightful stuff in here.
You should hire this guy to write a regular column on blipster culture.
Srsly.
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whoa.. definitely nailed it.. down to the pre-hipster emo stage.. it’s almost as if i wrote this.. kudos to those who can relate.. its silly and strange to me that i can be considered less black, because i look up to morrissey more than i do lil’ wayne..
well big ups to the ultimate blipsters that have paved the way for us like prince & rick james
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All I can say is that this is surprisingly accurate.
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oh man can you blipster tag this for future reference carles?
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is that to kill a mockingbird?!
you remember the guy who married a black lady and had a bunch of mulatto kids
but he had to pretend he was a drunkard to be accepted for marrying someone of “colour”…
it’s growing up on books like that and history like that
that makes us blipsters wonder about comments by ppl like leigh and jonny
not saying they are closeted racists
but does listening to bangers and having a degree in design and a black bf immune to the normal thinking of society not so long ago (and realistcally today too)?
eh this hot pink is making feel like this commnet is way too serious
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this is almost the story of my life
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oh yeah and i almost forgot stop callin me rihanna ppl
fuck her poser altness an stooopid umbrella.
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i need to further thhe hhuman race with this person…are you there carles?! it’s me naimah!
this was insightful although i must say i am against the term niggster…not cute in any way shape or form at all.
set up a blipster dating service it’s hard for us to find one another!
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oooh, i feel all naked and vulnerable now
i shivered while reading this!
p.s. keishacuzitzironic… ashley?
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I found a lot of parallels to my life as a ‘blipster’ boy. Coming up in suburban upstate NY, being in a punk/emo band…being called out by both sides as not ‘real’ or ‘black’ enough…
I’m 20 years old and pumped to finally see someone else lives a life like mine.. It really is a constant struggle that pops its head out every few months or years the ‘am i an uncle Tom?’ question…
answer: no, maybe just a little more open minded than a lot of other people-regardless or color.
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soooooo surprisingly true!!!
I personally don’t think a “real” hipster ever defines themselves as such…however in this context I’ll make an exception.
I’ve been lucky enough to not experience prejudice (thank you Toronto).
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although, saying “real” might be contradictory….
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I have totally done two Toronto blipsters just to create a more equal world for us all. I am fighting for the cause, and my vagina is too!
NIGHTRIDING isn’t for the weak of heart ladies, I deserve a medal for my endeavours!
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Santogold/Pharrell/Spank Rock/Kid Sister comments iz wrong!!!!
Most important blipsters::
1. MIA
2. Pharrell (MNSTRM?)
3. Spank Rock
4. Kid Sister
5. Cool Kids
6. DJ Skeet Skeet (MNSTRM?)
7. J-Davey
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hi, i’ve got photos of my new emo hair style
in http://tinyurl.com/6y6u6s
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//////////Posted October 31st, 2008 at 4:44 am
@emoboy, HAHAHAHAHA theres no such thing as a truley fucking pathetic blipster. as for us. hahahaha
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wow…this is my life story,(including the lame0 emo stage any good blipster went through) From my obsession of N.E.R.D and pharrell and self debate on weather or not he’s too MNSTRM for me,down to my passionate H8 for the stereotypical MNSTRM black person that listens to Lil Wayne and makes sensible people like myself look bad due to us being the same race. H8 u Rhianna…<3 u/H8 u Kanye.Since Barry Obama is in office and change has been promised,lets all embraceThe new alternative mindset yall…?
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every martin luther king day i go out and sleep with a blipster in an attempt to liberate the black ppls of the world.
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So true
It’s ridiculous how much I can relate to this;
Although, Blipster? Really guys?
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