Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on

not all emo kids dress black

not all emo kids cut themselves

not all emo kids have their hair over their eyes

not all emo kids commit suicide

not all emo boys look like chicks

not all emo girls look like dikes

not all emo kids listen to emo music

not all emo kids cry all the time

not all emo kids are depressed

.....and their is SO much more. so why is it that people automaticaly think of a kid wearing black with cuts on his arms when someone says "emo"?

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

Why do people think that all black people are going to steal your purse or rip something off in a store?? It's just a part of life. There are so many categories of people, it's almost too much for everyone to learn and understand all of them.

"Become understood by understanding first"

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

simple.

It's called a stereotype!

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Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

Because they think of the stereotypical "emo kid", not each individual emo kid.

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

what exactly is emo then? explain it

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

At the end of the 1990s, the underground emo scene had almost entirely disappeared. However, the term emo was still being bandied about in mainstream media, almost always attached to the few remaining 90s emo acts, including Jimmy Eat World.

However, towards the end of the 1990s, Jimmy Eat World had begun to shift in a more mainstream direction. Where Jimmy Eat World had played emocore-style music early in their career, by the time of the release of their 2001 album Bleed American, the band had downplayed its emo influences, releasing more pop-oriented singles such as "The Middle" and "Sweetness". As the public had become aware of the word emo and knew that Jimmy Eat World was associated with it, the band continued to be referred to as an "emo" band, despite their objections. Newer bands that sounded like Jimmy Eat World (and, in some cases, like the more melodic emo bands of the late 90s) were soon included in the genre.[8]

2003 saw the success of Chris Carrabba, the former singer of emo band Further Seems Forever, and his project Dashboard Confessional. Despite musically being more aligned to the singer songwriter school, Carraba found himself part of the emerging "popular" emo scene. Carrabba's music featured lyrics founded in deep diary-like outpourings of emotion. While certainly emotional, the new "emo" had a far greater appeal amongst adolescents than its earlier incarnations.[9]

With Dashboard Confessional and Jimmy Eat World's success, major labels began seeking out similar sounding bands. Just as many bands of the early-to-mid 1990s were unwillingly lumped under the umbrella of "grunge", some record labels wanted to be able to market a new sound under the word emo.

At the same time, use of the term "emo" expanded beyond the musical genre, which added to the confusion surrounding the term. The word "emo" became associated with open displays of strong emotion. Common fashion styles and attitudes that were becoming idiomatic of fans of similar "emo" bands also began to be referred to as "emo". As a result, bands that were loosely associated with "emo" trends or simply demonstrated emotion began to be referred to as emo.[10]

In an even more expanded way than in the 90s, emo has come to encompass an extremely wide variety of bands, many of whom have very little in common. The term has become so broad that it has become nearly impossible to describe what exactly qualifies as "emo".

The classification of bands as "emo" is often controversial. Fans of several of the listed bands have recoiled at the use of the "emo" tag, and have gone to great lengths to explain why they don't qualify as "emo". In many cases, the term has simply been attached to them because of musical similarities, a common fashion sense, or because of the band's popularity within the "emo" scene, not because the band adheres to emo as a music genre.

As a result of the continuing shift of "emo" over the years, a serious schism has emerged between those who relate to particular eras of "emo". Those who were closely attached to the hardcore origins recoil when another type of music is called "emo". Many involved in the independent nature of both 80s and 90s emo are upset at the perceived hijacking of the word emo to sell a new generation of major label music. Regardless, popular culture appears to have embraced the terms of "emo" far beyond its original intentions.

In a strange twist, screamo, a sub-genre of the new emo, has found greater popularity in recent years through bands such as Thrice and Glassjaw.[11] The term screamo, however, was used to describe an entirely different genre in the early 1990s, and the new screamo bands more resemble the emo of the early 1990s. Complicating matters further is that several small scenes devoted to original screamo still exist in the underground. However, the new use of "screamo" demonstrates how the shift in terms connected to "emo" has made the varying genres difficult to categorize.

The difficulty in defining "emo" as a genre may have started at the very beginning. In a 2003 interview by Mark Prindle,[12] Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and Rites of Spring was asked how he felt about "being the creator of the emo genre". He responded: "I don't recognize that attribution. I've never recognized 'emo' as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me."

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

How many emo kids does it take to change a light bulb?

0 they would rather sit in the dark and cry.

Lighten up...those kinds are the ones who make the most noise so they get the most attention

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

JUST BE YOURSELF

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

I dont even like the term "emo", i think it is hurtful.

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

Then what IS emo?

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

Emo is a type of music..

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

I don't understand emo kids. Sorry.

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

People automatically think that because of the POSERS. Posers run around giving emo kids a bad name. True Emos are actually great people, were smart and we just have our own unique style were not trying to impress anyone. Were just us.

Why is it that when someone says "emo" people think of a kid dressed in black with cuts on his arm?

If none of those things are true, what does emo mean? People think of emos in those ways, so don't call yourself an emo, if you don't dress black cut your wrists look like a guy or whatever. People just think emos so that stuff. i don't know why. An again, what IS an emo then.