04-24-2004, 06:34 AM
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Interesting point. Fear of youth groupings?
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Originally posted by Mishi
Just the fact that it can be talked about this openly (if not always intelligently) is a step forward, in a way.
Anyway, sure racism plays a role, but I think it's more a matter us being naturally inclined to fear what is different from us.
When I was a teen, in the 80s, I was a "new-waver." Basically we looked like punks, except we paid $40 bucks for our mohawks (which came with a lovely neck massage) and bought our clothes at consignment stores rather than thrift shops. (I believe another term was "poseur", but we elite reserved that term for people who only TEMPORARILY dyed their hair pink, the pussies.) Anyway, the vast majority of "mainstream' people (I think we called them...um, well, we didn't call them) were afraid of us or for whatever went out of their way to avoid us. Including, yes, crossing the street to avoid even momentary contact.
In fact, we were about as dangerous as techno-pop. But we did go out of our way to separate ourselves from the mainstream. It was pretty foolish of us to expect mainstream acceptance despite this fact, but we did. Ah, youth.
Take a group of young people - more than about 3, really - and you're likely to make some us older folks feel a little edgy. (We're not necessarily afraid of you; we just remember how WE were.) Add to that anything that makes you remarkably different, and yes, we'll probably tend to avoid you - not necessarily out of fear. There are dozens of factors at work.
Better stop now, before I end up writing a dissertation...
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