Class blog for SUNY Fredonia HIST/WOST 359 Ethnicity and Race, Meeting TR 12:30-1:50 p.m., Spring 2011. Taught by professor Jeffry J. Iovannone.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Prussian Blue
I just read an article on two young girls that formed their own band named "Prussian Blue". All their lyrics are based on white supremacist ideals and hate against other races. They have one album out, another on the way, a music video and tons of fans. The girls have been preforming in front of all white crowds since they were nine, spreading their message of extreme racism. "We want to stay white...we don't just want to be, you know, a big muddle. We just want to preserve our race." This coming from a young girl completely surprised me. There is no way that these ideals stemmed from the girls themselves. Their parents, who are both white supremacists, must have impressed their thoughts on the girls from a very young age. Even furthering their isolation from the reality of the world where not every is white is the fact that they are home-schooled by their mother who gives her own perspectives on everything, including historical events. By not sending the girls to a public school, their parents aren't even allowing the girls to have a chance at beginning to formulate their own ideas of race. Erich Gielbe, founder of one of the nations most notorious hate music labels said, ""Eleven and 12 years old, I think that's the perfect age to start grooming kids and instill in them a strong racial identity." I find this completely insane! How can people think this way, imposing their own beliefs on young people instead of allowing them the chance to come up with what they feel and think on their own!
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