Black Hipsters... Ye or Nay?

BLIPSTER

The Urban Dictionary defines "blipster" as...

a person who is black and also can be stereotyped by appearance, musical taste, and/or social scene as a hipster.

"That (black) person, wearing Asics tigers, black-rimmed glasses, and dancing to the new be your own pet song is a 'blipster.'"

Maybe, you've been privy to the term blipster for a while now (apparently all of New York is) but I've just learned how to describe this scarf-wearing, trend-hopping, pseudo-swag wielding, scene stealing group of black people... and this is only because I unknowingly started wearing some over-sized thick black-rimmed nerd glasses (a blipster signature) and got asked if I were one. I was neither complimented nor insulted by the interesting question.... Clearly I'm not a blipster. I'm just little old me who happens to like to wear nerd glasses from time to time (they're very cute on me!) But what do I think of other Blipsters?

Please Answer: Would you date one? Why or why not? Are you yourself a blipster? Does this effect who you date or befriend? Like do hipsters only date other hipsters? I'm curious....

And for those of you that are still a little unsure... Here's a quiz:

What's the deal with your hair? Fro-hawk/Faux-hawk? Asymetrical hairstyle? Random parts of your head shaved where others are not? Designs like stars or anything shaved into your head? Give yourself one point for each.

What the hell do you have on? Give yourself one point for each pair of skinny jeans you own. Two points for each if you're male. Also give yourself one point for any of the following items that you've worn in the last two weeks:

a. flannel

b. mismatched ear rings

c. four-fingered ring

d. driving gloves

e. a rope chain

f. one of those Arab scarves you can walk into Forever 21 without seeing

g. nerd glasses like the ones Drew Carey wore

What kind of shoes are those? Vans? Chucks? Give yourself a point for each that you wear, an extra point if their dirty, and an extra point if you wear mis-matched pairs of shoes.

Does this iPod actually belong to you? This is something that actually bothers me about hipsters, blipsters and black people in general... they're are always trying to act like they're one up on something you know nothing about... especially music. They listen to whatever you don't. So whereas non-black hipsters listen to a lot of rap music... blipsters (and other black people who like to do this) like to tell you about the all the alternative artists that they listen to that you know nothing about. However, it's usually the most mainstream artists that damn near everyone listens to and most likely have been exposed to hip hop culture through crossover collaborations with major rap artists like Jay Z and Lil Wayne. Here are some of the following alternative artists that blipsters like to "enlighten" the rest of us about: (Please give yourself a point for each artist that appears on your iPod) Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Maroon 5 ("Songs About Jane" is actually awesome) etc.

So what do you like to do in your spare time? (One point for each) skateboarding, blogging (hey!), anything artistsy (drawing, painting, spoken word, acting), anything random....

If you have more than 10 points... you need to reexamine your life and goals... or just admit that you're a part of the Blipster nation....