In My Opinion: Black Goth Think Goth is a White Thing? Guess Again…

Is it fad? Is it fashion? Is it fabulous? That's a matter of taste. But one thing is for sure…if you were thinking that Goth is something that only white kids get into, I'm here to tell you that you are deeply mistaken.

I’ll tell you the truth…I find this creepy and a little disturbing. Clearly, I’m an old person who has crossed that invisible but unmistakable border we all get to in life where the things our children think are cool just look crazy. I’ve successfully screwed up my son enough that he thinks golf shirts, slacks and short hair are a good look for him. Once I put him in a suit and tie, and he saw how drop dead gorgeous he is dressed like a young executive, I couldn’t get him to stop admiring himself. One I got some expensive cologne on him, I knew my work was done. Like Will Smith in MIB, he saw himself in the mirror and thought “I make this look good“. So I can’t honestly say what I’d do if he came back home from college wearing black lipstick, all tattooed up with piercings in his face. In Black families, this isn’t so easy to pull off. Your mama not understanding this is a problem. Maybe it’s an ethnic thing, but seeing your kid dressed like this, your first impulse is to drag him to church and try to pray it away. But all that’s gonna do is make him stuff a backpack with his goth stuff and change clothes when he leaves home. 

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