WAT.

[tamago23]

Connor's never really been interested in my music, despite my best efforts to get him into it. The only music that he's showed even a mediocre response to is Bear In The Big Blue House.

Just now, I remembered a band Henry Rollins mentioned last night, called the Bad Brains. I went to look them up on youtube, and started playing this video.

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[birthingway]

I would pay money to see Connor rocking out.

OT, but I know that you are the one to ask: how do I explain to someone why the term "white trash" is offensive? I am, for once, at a loss.

[tamago23]

I briefly considered videotaping it, but he was naked at the time. Alas. I'm sure he'll probably do a repeat performance at some point while (at least) diapered. ;)

"White trash" is both classist and racist. First, the racism aspect: aside from being offensive against white people, it paints all PoC as being trash, period. "White" is a qualifier, specifying that you're talking about white people; so who is just "trash" in general? Well, anybody who doesn't fit into "white". In other words, PoC.

Second, it's almost entirely used in a classist context, against those who are in the lower socioeconomic classes. You pretty much never see anyone rich getting called "white trash", unless it's in a "he has tons of money and he's *still* white trash" way, which again makes it clear that white trash is associated with poor people.

[birthingway]

Thank you. I am suddenly too braindead to think straight (fucking asthma). With your permission, I'll C&P this to my friend who used that term and was surprised when I said that it offended me.

[tamago23]

Funny, I was struggling to draw breath just as this arrived in my inbox. Dual asthma FTL! :/ Feel free to pass it along.

[jinxeh13]

Fuck yeah! I'd be proud to have a kid who rocked out to Bad Brains!

[tamago23]

I have to agree, the Bad Brains are pretty good. But I've never come across a Black Flag song that I've liked, so I'm really hoping Connor doesn't develop a taste for that. o_O

[jinxeh13]

Haha. Well, I wouldn't worry too much about it just yet...unless he starts coming home wearing leather jackets with spike fringes, and wants to do his hair in a mohawk. (Even then, that's still kind of awesome. Idk, more signs I'd be a bad - or at least overly-lax - parent, I suppose.)

Try him out with some Rise Against! My favorite band (say hello to the lead singer in my icon, there), and one that I like to call "softcore punk," haha. Amazing lyrics, great beats, and a contemporary punk band that doesn't suck and actually always has great rhythm and catchy songs.

[tamago23]

I'm constantly cajoling Gavin into letting me give him a fauxhawk, LOL. Frolic's like, "What, do you want him to get beaten up? He looks like an idiot." WHATEVER, I think it's awesome.

[boom_calzones]

awesome. one of my top 3 bands of all time. i'll be hanging out with Connor now..

[tamago23]

I'm about to post an entry with video of him dancing.