Dangerous Americans vs. Dangerous Not-Americans

The video below is shockingly awesome. It is about hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan kids from the worst neighborhoods playing classical music together, and really well.


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Did you cry a little bit?

It also, however, raises some interesting questions. Why is it that Americans in rough neighborhoods that might be a bit rough around the edges have to be really scary and mean?

Do you think something like this would ever be ‘kewl’ in Oakland?

Kids in Caracas are 1000 times more dangerous than kids anywhere in America, so why is it that those same people in Venezuela will be nice to you and laugh as long as they’re not killing you?

Why do they dress normal and like everyone else, whereas ‘thug’ americans dress ‘thug’ and act like they’re trying to scare you all day long? In Venezuela dressing ‘thug’ means you’re rich.

Why do ‘thug’ americans have to listen to scary and agressive music, whereas ‘thug’ Venezuelans just really like Salsa?

Whats the deal, yall???

5 Comments

  1. Posted July 1, 2008 at 5:13 am | Permalink

    I literally almost cried a little watching that.

  2. D-bag from oakland
    Posted July 3, 2008 at 9:52 pm | Permalink

    cuz we r all d-bags. fuq u d-bag we will kill ur ass

  3. Posted July 6, 2008 at 3:32 am | Permalink

    i dont like classical its boring even if poor kids are playing it

  4. reggaerulz420
    Posted July 7, 2008 at 9:11 pm | Permalink

    Waitaminit, aren’t Venezuelans Americans too? Dis blog brings up a lot of good issues, mon.

    And i watched the movee and dey said “everybody loves music”.i happen to know like one person who toesn’t listen to music, he just plays gears of war in his free tyme- never music,mon .

    Thats where fashion comes in. fashion is at least 50% of what music is in the US. thatz why i wear da bob marley shirt and da hemp necklace.

    One love guys. Jah bless.

  5. gail fehrenbach
    Posted July 21, 2008 at 12:59 am | Permalink

    Wouldn’t it be good to turn our energies to helping towards the creation a similar happening here in the USA?


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