Recently, we mentioned a wave of attacks on young Mexicans who have immersed themselves in the “emo” culture. Unfortunately, the harassment of emo youth has shown up in other Latin American countries:* According to NME.com, a Chilean TV station recently aired footage of a group of emos being attacked by skinheads.
* Several Peruvian bloggers have observed how the media tends to look down on emos including a “sketch of false cases” for a comedy program.
* A fifteen-year-old student was attacked and stabbed by a pair of his schoolmates in Bogota, Colombia. According to the mother of the victim, he was assaulted for being an emo:
“He dressed and had hair just like an emo. They said that he should stop being a chicken and fight like a man. But he always said that he wasn’t interested in arguing.” - [ed. Personal translation]
Sources (Spanish)- El Tiempo
Sources (English)- The Latin Americanist, Global Voices Online, NME.com
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