The Avengers, “White Nigger”

Before there were wiggers, there was an essay called, “The White Negro,” by Norman Mailer. It’s great stuff from the 1950′s, classic beat stuff. You really need to check it out. Then came Lou Reed, “I Wanna Be Black.” That’s one of my favorite songs. Of course, that’s because I’m a racist who hates Blacks! All anti-Black racists have “I Wanna Be Black” as their favorite songs, right?

Then towards the end of the 1970′s came the Avengers with “White Nigger.”

It’s a great song!

No one can understand me until they listen to music like this. First and foremost, I’m a punk. I’m a punk before I’m this or that psych diagnosis or personality inventory checklist. None of that stuff will explain me as well as just saying that I’m a punker. I’ve been a punker since I was 20 years old, and I will be one until I am 80 or 90! You get punk, you get me. You figure me out, a big part of me.

I mean it, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

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