Sunday, April 20, 2008

Prussian Blue controversy

Prussian Blue is a white supremacist group comprised of twins Lamb and Lynx Gaede. These girls were born in 1992 and by 2003 they were recording and distributing their white supremacist music.
These girls, in my opinion, are clearly under the influence of their parents. Specifically April Gaede, their mother, is blamed for their views. She realized the girls physical attractivness at a very young age and have been using this angle to get them noticed.
These young girls were given the name "Prussian Blue" because of the reference to their Prussian German heritage and the blue eyes. In an interview with ABC News in 2006, the girls also discussed the lack of Prussian Blue coloring in gas chambers used in concentration camps during the Holocaust. This feeds into their belief that the Holocaust either never happened or if it did, the number of deaths were much lower than what was reported.
This racist ideology is also very evident in their lyrics. At the age of 11 the sing about the need for a holy war to cleanse the nation of all nonwhites (click on Prussian Blue Lyrics link for more examples).
These girls are clearly a product of their environment. I believe that they would not have formed such radical views on their own had they not been under the influence of authority figures around them.
Resistance Records actively participates in the spread of their music as their record label. To stop these girls from participating in hate speech, we need to stop Resistance Records from being allowed to distribute it.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A record label that uses children to harvest hate? unbeleiveable. do these girls not have parents? Are these girls US citizens? surely child protective services could play an appropriate role getting these children into a non-exploitive environment. How stark is the contrast with the Pope's just concluded visit.
So Wisc Reader

VeganPatty said...

This is informative...and a good forum for exploring the complicated landscape of free speech. You've inspired me! Tonight I'm off to attend a meeting of the local chapter of the ACLU, with the intention of running for a seat on the board within the month! Thanks for this!

VP.