"I am so goth, I was born black"
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von_geisterhandA Coilhouse-article with plenty of links which might be of interest to some people (looking at you, Hübbel-Schlurf-Vampir ;-):
I am so goth, I was born black
(looking at the relation of the Gothic scene to those wanting to be a part whose exterior does not match the traditional image of Goth, particularly in terms of skin-tone).
Personally, I have often asked myself why there aren't more people of a non-European exterior in the part of the German gothic scene I have been exposed to and while I have on occasion come up with theories, none of them ever fully convinced me. (Okay, maybe I have even thought "Wouldn't it be nice if there were some more?" but obviously that opens up a whole new unfortunate can of worms, so let's leave that point.)
Surely there shouldn't be any sort of problem, should there?
It's not necessarily all black clothes and all white skin anymore, if it ever was, and even if one wishes to follow that route: Make up can make a black person have unrealistically pale skin about as effectively as it can a white person, so please come in, have a drink, enjoy the music.
I am so goth, I was born black
(looking at the relation of the Gothic scene to those wanting to be a part whose exterior does not match the traditional image of Goth, particularly in terms of skin-tone).
Personally, I have often asked myself why there aren't more people of a non-European exterior in the part of the German gothic scene I have been exposed to and while I have on occasion come up with theories, none of them ever fully convinced me. (Okay, maybe I have even thought "Wouldn't it be nice if there were some more?" but obviously that opens up a whole new unfortunate can of worms, so let's leave that point.)
Surely there shouldn't be any sort of problem, should there?
It's not necessarily all black clothes and all white skin anymore, if it ever was, and even if one wishes to follow that route: Make up can make a black person have unrealistically pale skin about as effectively as it can a white person, so please come in, have a drink, enjoy the music.
