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  1. Nomad Skateboarding

    August 10, 2019 7:50 am

    Why is it that every color of people is lauded for supporting their own kind except White males??

    Your entire article is bullshit. Continuing to divide and conquer.

    Skateboarding was NEVER promoted or pushed as White. The fact that you mention the founders of modern skating are a huge part Latino, the founder of Thrasher is Argentinian, etc, only proves that you’re entire article is wrong. If it was White guys only promoting white guys there wouldn’t be any of the names you listed.

    • Augie

      August 11, 2019 3:17 pm

      The US is a country that has historically favored white males to the detriment of everyone else. White people lauding other white people would be like praising Warren Buffet for paying for Bill Gates’ dinner. This also shows why it’s not “divide and conquer” — was it divide and conquer when black Americans had a civil rights movement for black rights? The history of skateboarding goes back to the 60’s and 70’s, we should recognize the contributions of minorities to the history. And I’ve definitely heard of non-white skaters getting heat for skateboarding as something white people do — probably because Tony Hawk became the face of skateboarding for a while. This article sets the record straight.

    • fryanblores

      August 11, 2019 8:03 pm

      When white heteronormative narratives are considered the default, often everything and everyone else is considered ‘less than’ which, like Augie says, is detrimental to all those opposing this norm. The idea with the article isn’t to ‘divide and conquer’ as you suggest, but to highlight and CELEBRATE the diversity of skateboarding and the ways Latinx/a/o-identifying people have contributed to skateboarding. Seems like the latter portion of the article is lost on you as it relates to the current political climate. This article is not about you, and I’m sorry you cannot see beyond yourself to center other narratives.

      Until then, peace be with you. Thank you Jenkem for writing this.

      • Ed

        August 14, 2019 10:56 am

        Stop blaming YOUR thinking on other people.
        Just because YOU have decided that white heteronormative narratives are the default and that everyone else is “less than” it doesn’t mean that you can blame those thoughts on other people.
        Those are your thoughts and your bullshit so stop projecting and grow the fuck up.

  2. Himey weinstein

    August 10, 2019 9:08 am

    Come to west side Baltimore I assure you it’s not only white boys on killing spree

  3. Phelper

    August 10, 2019 10:02 am

    did buzzfeed buy out?

  4. Name

    August 10, 2019 11:32 am

    The only time I’ve heard anything about skateboarding being “white boy shit” is when idiots complain that “everyone” is saying that skateboarding is mainly white people.
    Anyone who has ever seen a skate video or even knows a shred of information about it knows that it’s not true, that a lot of the key people throughout skateboardings history hasn’t been non-white.
    Another dumb buzzfeed article from you guys, what happened?