agentemo:

scruffyfrank:

if you’ve been to an Emo Nite, if you’ve ever loved emo music or called yourself emo, if you love punk rock and alternative rock, IF YOU ARE WHITE and you’re into rock and you support the black lives matter movement

as a person in this “bandom” community, you must raise the voices of black people in the scene. please watch this video. if you support the protests and what they’re about, if you condemn cultural appropriation, if you want to honor Little Richard and Sister Rosetta Tharpe and all the queer black people that pioneered this genre of music only to be stolen from and forgotten, watch this video. the music industry needs to own up.

this post got a lot of notes overnight apparently because of Gerard… not saying something

I can’t really have an opinion on that because I didn’t watch the livestream and probably won’t… for reasons similar to the discourse I guess? it’s hard for me to listen to Gerard talk about whatever while getting to sit on his little privileged high horse but that’s not really a conversation I want to have because, again, I don’t have enough context for the new shit

that sentiment of “support the oppressed instead of pissing off the bigoted” feels important here. I don’t think Gerard is a bigot, but his political neutrality after years of political subtlety is understandably frustrating for some of us. especially POC fans who had that extra layer of shit added on by the anti-Asian hate crimes and the resurgence of the BLM movement during this horriblest of years.

but more importantly than that is actually listening to these voices. these voices that don’t have the privilege to choose to be apolitical, who’s existence is inherently political, who’s ancestors gave us rock and roll while they grew up being called oreos for liking it.

apolitical celebrities suck. black art is beautiful. you can listen to this in the background like a podcast. if you’re white, and you give half a shit about black people, you should at least listen to this. and consider, for a moment, the privilege that’s needed to be apolitical.