To those who have an assumption on what ethnicity should listen to what, this is a video to help alienate that point of view on music.
This is Shennie, a Black American who has a strong predilection for Rock and Heavy Metal and this is a video to a racist response on her comment board and was enough for to make this video that made me frown more than a day in a cloudy dusk.
As a proud metalhead, I felt shocked that this is still happening to many people who struggle with Racial backgrounds and music, as if they have to associate with the music that is more intertwined with their Ethnic backgrounds. Might I remind you that on this day of remembrance for the men and women who died for our rights and freedom, such as the right to listen to what ever music that individual can choose from, we still have these double standards for music that seems to be a norm for Pop Culture and it has to end at some point. As much as I hate to say it, it is quite a disgrace to know that when a person who is into a form of music that isn’t considered a norm for their Ethnic Background is ridiculed for that when the First Amendment gives right to Freedom of Expression and this person is doing the one thing that many soldiers have voluntarily gave their lives for maintaining.
And so for this Memorial day, I am going to be grateful for all of my rights to Freedom of Expression by showing people this video on what tackles the issues of Race and Metal.
May all of you have a wonderful memorial day and may each and every soldier who has died on the name of our Country rest in peace and in our heart. And for all you Metalheads and non Metalheads who have been ridiculed for not associating with the racial stereotypes that scour through the world of music, remember to keep your head up high and know that the men and women of our U.S Military are devoting their lives to letting you be the songbird who’s song shall play different tune of a song never heard before.
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