Emo as part of our Community

Emo as part of our Community

I have a cousin who dresses like emo and is an emo. How do I know? Once, I asked him, “Why are you dressed like that?” and he said that he was dressed like that to depict that he is indeed an emo. The first feeling that came through me was the feeling of nervousness.

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Why? I was nervous because when some people say emo, it means that they are the ones who are cutting themselves when they have problems. Emos are the ones who have the tendency to kill themselves when he/she has a problem. Aside from feeling nervous, I also felt worried because I didn’t expect that one of my cousins, a family member, will be an emo.

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Then I asked him, “Why are you emo? Are you aware how society interprets your styles?” He just said that it is his way of showing himself, because of how he dresses his companions accepts who he is. He is accepted by his peers because of his style. I think he felt insulted when I asked that question so I just let him be after that question. Yes, indeed they may have a bad reputation to some of us, but they are becoming a part of our community. We should just accept them and support them for who they are.

Black, a sad color

Black, a sad color

The color black depicts sadness or sorrow for most of us. In some parts of the world, black is used during funerals, it is used during sad days and it is used to show people that you are in pain. For some, black means elegance, black means beauty, black means fashion. In any case, we can say that black has its own meaning to each and every one of us.

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It depends on the person on how he/she interprets the color. For the emos, they interpret black as sorrow. It shows their sadness and despair. Black is beauty for them because they can express themselves through this color. We may see it as something that is weird or uncommon but it is how they show their style. Through this, they place themselves in the world.

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Through this color, they are noticed and identified. Black makes them unique. We may see it as annoying, surprising, or we may appreciate it. We may also join them or stay away from them. Nonetheless, we should just respect the way they present themselves in this world. They accepted us so why should we not accept them? We only live in one world and we should try to adjust to one another rather than expecting others to adjust to us.

EMO STEREOTYPES

Emo Stereotypes

Emo culture and music is well and alive today. Being emo is the greatest thing on Earth to many people. An emo, or emotional person likes to openly show their feelings and is usually reserved from the outside world.


As the emo punk movement rose, so did some misnomers about them. The main misconception about emo culture is that it is tied to the goth culture, but this is not the case, since goth people tend to be lively towards the world and they wear darker clothing.


In addition, Goths have white-chalked faces and wear Gothic clothing/jewelry, while emo people wear more of multicolored jewelry, clothing, and hair, with some black. Emos also wear body piercings in odd places of the body, such as belly button, nose, and even lips.


If you want to know the true history of emo culture, you should back to the 1950’s, when rock music was born. From then on, rock music became very popular and from different sub-rock groups, like punk, heavy metal, and hardcore rock.


But there’s one thing both cultures have in common – they both have created uproar from conservatives and even some moderates. In many places, both parents and teachers has express their concerns about the emo culture and its negative effect on young kid’s minds.


They argue that emo music promotes violence and murder and that the culture should be done away with all together. It is true that the emo/gothic/punk culture promotes, on some levels, violence, and strife, it is no different from the bullying and other evils that face young children today.

At some point, parents should be responsible for the kid’s actions and stop looking to outside sources to deal with their liking of emo culture. Also, these kids should realize that the vampires and dark stuff that this moment is associated with is a fantasy and not real.


In addition, another stereotype associated with rock punks is they are all associated with Nazi/white supremacist groups. This is not the case since most emos do not associate with groups of this nature, although some do.