Tuesday, October 24, 2006

No Fiction Needed

Last week I received the same e-mail from several people.  The subject line proclaimed, "Racist White Girl Group on Billboard Charts."  The article goes on to reveal that Lamb and Lynx Gaede, 13 year-old twins known in white supremacist musical circles as Prussian Blue, have released their third album, End of A Black World, to the acclaim of their fan base, selling 91,000 copies in the album's initial release.  The unprecedented album sales earned the duo 4th place on BillBoard's music chart for the week of September 22, 2006.

THE FOLLOWING WARNING IS FOR MY PEOPLE:  Before your blood pressure goes through the roof and you feel compelled to slap somebody, it is NOT, I repeat NOT true.

A search of BillBoard's official web site does not reveal any signs of the singing sisters.  They did not make the BillBoard Charts.  I also visited the official Prussian Blue web site and it appears that Lamb and Lynx have only released one complete album to date and are working on their second album. 

ANOTHER WARNING: Do not visit the Prussian Blue web site unless you have taken your blood pressure medication for the day.  My Aunt Dorothy, in response to learning that I planned to attend law school, warned that my head was in danger of exploding from too much book learning.  Up until now, my head has survived just fine but I did feel a certain throbbing of the temples as I explored little Lamb and Lynx's web site.

I'm not clear as to why anyone felt the need to create controversy around Prussian Blue when the reality is enough to frighten not only small children but a middle aged black woman. Lamb and Lynx Gaede, under the tutelage of their mother, April and April's father, are self avowed White Nationalists.  They define themselves as a White Pride Band.

Unfortunately, their race pride comes at the expense of demeaning all non-white folks.  The White Nationalist movement hides behind the pretext that the White race is in danger of obliteration and all that they are trying to do is preserve their race.  I might give them some leeway if their goals were innocent, like ensuring that NASCAR gets its props; however,it goes well beyond preserving so called white culture.  White Nationalism finds white pride in an obsession with race purity, which tends to mean isolating and/or eliminating all non-whites.  By the way, non-white appears to include people of Asian, African, Hispanic, Jewish, and Native American ancestry.  It appears that gay people, be they white or non-white are also included in the list of undesirables. 

Lamb and Lynx espouse the basic holocaust denying, race defilement garbage that characterizes the White Nationalist movement.  Lamb, a budding lyricist, includes tributes to Nazi Rudolf Hess and Neo-Nazi Robert Matthews in a little ditty included on their first album. I try and take some comfort in the fact that she is a really lousy songwriter.

Sacrifice by Lamb Gaede

Rudolf Hess, man of peace
He wouldn't give up and he wouldn't cease
Remember him and give a pause

Robert Mathews knew the truth
He knew what he had to do
He set an example with courage so bold
We'll never let that fire grow cold

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I believe there are more non-whites than whites these days, so it may be a matter of fear. And fear is the opposite of love. Bea

Anonymous said...

i must be livin under a rock for i had never heard of these two......as a white mom of 3 (incl twins) i'm just shocked....those poor girls being raised in such ignorance

Anonymous said...

We live in a world full of racism, prejudism and discrimination. With diferent cultures, groups, subcultures and subgroups all fighting for equality yet at the same time deciding what others should believe, how they should behave, how they should exist in society, what they should be able to do physicaly and mentaly, and how they should look.

We are all under the illusion racism and discrimination is illegal. Only in theory but not necessarily in practice. Weak legislation and laws and ignorance allow such as the whit supremists and the british national party to exist.

I believe people are entitled to their opinions as is their right. But i also beliee that acting on them in unjust and imoral ways is wrong.

I've never truly understood colour racism. I mean, i know why and how culture racism exists; through ignorance mostly. But just don't understand how or why a persons colour  should attract such negative responses. Although culture and colour are interlinked. Cultures have changed, yes segrated by colour suchas black and white muslims. which confuses me even more.

I honestly just dont like any of it. Segregation, racism, and discrimination should not exist. But will continue to do so when you have politicions saying what religion schools should practice, how families are defined, and who we should love. At the same time we are judging each other for who we are what we do, and what we believe, but also for how we look.



Anonymous said...

Sassykittie, you are so on target.  One of the saddest things is that these two children are being shaped with hate as their foundation.  I also feel such a sense of sadness for the two; they are merely a product of their environment.

Anonymous said...

Why do I always feel like apologizing for such ignorance? These sort of things make me so angry. Hate is spread by hate, and complete ignorance. Do people really think God is white? Are we really sure of his color, or do people assume he is because of their race, maybe he is all colors. It makes me so angry that we cannot stop such stupidity..that we have to live through it over and over. Not all people are that stupid. I will not even go there, becasue that gives them a hit on the counter. Waste of time. It's hard to find light on this planet sometimes. take care,
Dwana

Anonymous said...

scary; so scary
natalie(Lurkynat)