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I feel like "cool" can be traced back to our parents. As kids, we are controlled by them, and told what to do everyday. One of the many things almost all parents will expect from their kids are; do well in school, be nice, etc. All these things the parents did when they were younger, or maybe wish they were. But being a kid, especially nowadays, we hear things like, fight the government, free will, and many things like that. And of course kids want to get in on these things, so they would fight the person oppressing them, just as the government oppress the adults, the adults oppress the kids. So as a result, we fight back, and do the complete opposite, which now become cool. The idea of rebel become cool to the young minds. Doing well in school, acting nice, dressing nice, become a sort of weakness, as in you're following the rules while others are not. This can be one of the source of cool. Another could be the environment you live in. For instance, what might be cool here might not be cool else where. The environment you live in will or might expect you to do certain things and i feel it would depend on; what race you are, how much money you have, religion, house, and parent's job(i might be missing others). Then the environment itself would have its own list such as; the different race and how many are there, the different religion and how many are there, the type of environment you live in (rural, urban, etc), and the type of buildings or landmarks there are in the place you live in. All of these things can have an affect on the environment you live in, which will of course effect you.
I feel like everyone in their own ways wants to be cool...in there own ways. I don't agree however that every race has their own cool, because a person of a different race can disagree with their own cultures view of the world. I think it's all about the choices we make that can ultimately decide what we view of the world. For instance two people can have the same life, same ethnics, same culture, everything, but something can happen to one of them and can completely change their view in the world. So i don't think a person will find one thing cool forever, of course it will change over time. The only reason a race will find something cool is because they were raised like that, but eventually they will open their eyes and see that they have a choice in what's cool. My point is that being white, black, asian, hispanic, etc. will not make them who they are and find certain things cool because of their race, it's just the environment they live in and how they personally view it.
If you ask me, I would say fuck what people think is cool. If there is one thing i agree with parents even though they don't totally believe in it themselves is, "who cares what other people think." I don't know if all parents have said that but i know i have and i still believe in it. Who cares what other people think. If a smart black kid was being criticized by drug dealers, well shit don't give in. Who would be more successful in a long run? And the map thingy is also i believe bullshit. Just because your parents do something and the media says people of your ethnic does this, doesn't mean you have to do it. If the whole world did things that made them cool, well...i don't want to think about it. In fact, maybe we're not that far from it. Anyways, doing things that makes you cool but doesn't help at all is just plain silly.