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StonedAndDethroned
05/20/09

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I'm sorry, but I think black people were the original hipsters. The Jazz Age anyone? As for the white folks, I'm going to be provocative and say there's not a cool one out there. CUE HYSTERIA!
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AwakenedDesires
05/19/09

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Ugh. This reeks of the expectation that black people act "black."
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StonedAndDethroned
05/20/09

Agreed.
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kityglitr
05/19/09

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How is this an actual story? I mean, I'm black and since I was a little kid (I'm 32 now) I've known I'm not what other people think of as Black... the way I talk, dress, music I'm into.. whatever. But hasn't this always been so? Ugh. So sick of putting everyone into a box and labeling them. Let's move on, please.
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LatestBy
05/19/09

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Does this explain the sweaters on The Cosby Show?
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amusezvous
05/19/09

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Wait, what? Gallery Place? I mean, it's been a few years since I've lived in DC, but how did DC hipsters migrate there from the Raven and Wonderland? Then again, I guess I'm really old school since I'd still call that area "Chinatown."
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Smitros
05/20/09

@amusezvous:

Let's keep the Raven on the DL. I need to go back soon.
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TheMac
05/19/09

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I love articles like this because they are completely about 'reporting on' how much of an enigmatic brown person you are if you aren't ghettofied. You're welcome!
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metropolitan
05/19/09

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geez.. is this the first time these guys have seen a black hipster??? huh?

modern american punk rock was established by Bad Brains, an all black punk band who re-imported punk rock back to the states in 1979-80. in washington.
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Cheap Shot
05/19/09

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They're not real hipsters unless they have a fixed gear bike, eat vegan, design websites and have herpes.
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Uncommon Whore
05/19/09

@Cheap Shot: So herpes alone doesn't make me a hipster?
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Cheap Shot
05/19/09

@Uncommon Whore: Yes actually you are a hipster.
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CodePink
05/19/09

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Know what I wish? I wish there were a Hipster Convention, that every hipster in the world showed up to, and that at the Hipster a convention, a bomb would go off, a Sincerity Bomb, which would make everyone's hair symmetrical, eyes once again bright, and the strange iconic things on their tshirts melt off, and on the floor would be a pile of concentrated hipster sludge, which would then be shot into outerspace, blown up, and exist as anti-anti matter or Intergalactic Pabst Blue Ribbon Comets.
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Smitros
05/19/09

@CodePink:

I don't have an opinion on this post, but your comment is wonderfully bizarre.

I hope it gets a stand-alone "From the Comments" item.
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britneyspearstears
05/19/09

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Ninja, please.
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randomnessish
05/19/09

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Obviously these people just discovered blipster bingo.
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ambitious
05/19/09

@randomnessish: For a moment I thought a blipster bingo board actually wrote the piece. Then I realized that a blipster bingo board would never leave out women and would NEVER call someone a "hip-hopper." Never ever.
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mysterygirl
05/19/09

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If the NY Times reported on this "phenomenon" two years ago, doesn't that mean it's a three-year-old trend piece? I look forward to their coverage of Friendster.
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leonleonleon
05/19/09

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I just want to say Ninjasonik (the band pictured) fucking rules

NINJA FUCKING SONIK

SONIK FUCKING NINJA
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SylvanSylph
05/19/09

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Um, what? Come to Atlanta. I didn't realize anyone thought tight pants and cocaine were solely the domain of the privileged.
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kityglitr
05/19/09

@SylvanSylph: Srsly. And you know what else? There were black "indie kids", black punk rockers, and black every-other-niche-subculture-movement too. Genius, these guys.
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TheMac
05/20/09

@SylvanSylph: You can't be a hipster- of any race- and live in the South. That's too ironic.
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fuzzywhat
05/19/09

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Do Asian and Latin hipsters need their own names, too? I didn't know a prerequisite for hipster was "white.
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MizJenkins
05/19/09

@fuzzywhat: Yes. Everything about hipsters falls squarely under the category of "stuff White people like", most notably misappropriation of culture and flippant glorification of poverty.

I exclude POC from the term 'hipster' because I assume most of them know better.
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amowls
05/19/09

@MizJenkins: I'm pretty sure black people, asians and latinos have the ability to misappropriate culture and be flippant about poverty.

Come to Northern Virginia and see the rich minorities.
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MizJenkins
05/19/09

@amowls: Oh I'm sure...but don't it just make you want to box their damn ears or something?

I'm glad we've progressed to the point where (some) minority children can enjoy the same level of suburban comfort and security as White kids. But I'll be damned if that means they need to carry around the same ignorant, entitled attitudes. Unfortunately, that's too often what happens...
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
05/20/09

@MizJenkins: Do you only apply this term then to American 'hipsters'? Cos most hipsters down here are POC, mixed, or whatever. Globalisation is as globalisation does, after all.
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