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PIT FIEND DISCORD discord.link/pitfiend COME ARGUE WITH ME
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The System is Racist and Oppressive is probably best thought of as a song in the same vein as The Opener. I think Antagonist A.D. would have to be pretty game to introduce a conversation like racism into a mostly white audience if they didn’t really mean it. The song is obviously inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and the associated activity here in Australia and in their home country of New Zealand looking to highlight the disadvantage of and, in many cases, open racism against, Aboriginal and Maori people today. The Australian story is even more damning than the Kiwi story, but it’s not great over there. Maoris only make up 16% of the population but represent 50% of all deaths in custody. Antagonist A.D. are definitely not writing a protest song intended to be heard by a country on the other side of the world.
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I’ve been seeing some commentary across the great wide Internet about people feeling like they don’t belong when they go to shows. Maybe more people are going to shows for the first time since not much else is on, or maybe there’s more people returning to it, or maybe we’re less willing to accept what’s always been as what always should be after a year away from it. I don’t think these feelings are something we should ignore. This is an issue that we’ve always had, and it’s something the genre and the subculture do by design. Sometimes it can feel very much like everyone else is different from you and so aren’t going to accept you, and that you’re more like an outsider than a participant. It’s especially true if you don’t like the idea of throwing down in the mosh pit, and if you ended up going alone for whatever reason.
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By Dylan WilliamsonPIT FIEND DISCORD discord.link/pitfiend COME ARGUE WITH ME
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The System is Racist and Oppressive is probably best thought of as a song in the same vein as The Opener. I think Antagonist A.D. would have to be pretty game to introduce a conversation like racism into a mostly white audience if they didn’t really mean it. The song is obviously inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and the associated activity here in Australia and in their home country of New Zealand looking to highlight the disadvantage of and, in many cases, open racism against, Aboriginal and Maori people today. The Australian story is even more damning than the Kiwi story, but it’s not great over there. Maoris only make up 16% of the population but represent 50% of all deaths in custody. Antagonist A.D. are definitely not writing a protest song intended to be heard by a country on the other side of the world.
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I’ve been seeing some commentary across the great wide Internet about people feeling like they don’t belong when they go to shows. Maybe more people are going to shows for the first time since not much else is on, or maybe there’s more people returning to it, or maybe we’re less willing to accept what’s always been as what always should be after a year away from it. I don’t think these feelings are something we should ignore. This is an issue that we’ve always had, and it’s something the genre and the subculture do by design. Sometimes it can feel very much like everyone else is different from you and so aren’t going to accept you, and that you’re more like an outsider than a participant. It’s especially true if you don’t like the idea of throwing down in the mosh pit, and if you ended up going alone for whatever reason.