History Main / CulturalRebel

A black person who loves ClassicalMusic and hates RAndB? An Italian person who likes Mexican food just a little more than Italian food, even though he has not a drop of Mexican blood in him? A lifelong resident of Nashville who hates {{country music}} and prefers {{heavy metal}}? A middle-aged adult who likes modern rock as well as classic rock? An American with a penchant for Canadian rock music? A blonde teen girl who gets down with {{death metal}} and {{gangsta rap}}? Yes, all of these -- and so much more.

A black person who loves ClassicalMusic and hates RAndB? An Italian person who likes Mexican food just a little more than Italian food, even though he has not a drop of Mexican blood in him? A lifelong resident of Nashville who hates {{country music}}, preferring {{heavy metal}} -- or, alternatively, {{Blues}} and {{Soul}}? A middle-aged adult who likes modern rock as well as classic rock? An American with a penchant for Canadian rock music? A blonde teen girl who gets down with {{death metal}} and {{gangsta rap}}? Yes, all of these -- and so much more.

This prejudice probably reaches its nadir where race and ethnicity are involved, as if people who look different are not only from different cultures but are of different ''species'', and trying to pass from one group to another is seen as ridiculous. It gets even worse once you factor in religion. Since the stereotypical Christian is white or black, the stereotypical Muslim is Middle Eastern, and the stereotypical Buddhist is East Asian, say, a black person who wants to become a Buddhist or an East Asian who wants to be a Muslim will frequently be regarded as a freak -- even though Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism are all supposed to be universal religions, and seek converts from all the countries of the world.

** Music/{{Blondie}} dipped into punk/new wave - but again, only the singer was female. Then again, Deborah Harry herself is a really good example, as she was in her early thirties when her band became a hit - a little old for one of the founders of female punk rock. (By contrast, Music/TheRamones were still in their mid-twenties when they hit it big.)

* Steve Martin's original "poor black child" sketch, which became the genesis for the movie ''Film/TheJerk'' (although ''The Jerk'' itself doesn't count as the premise was slightly changed, making him adopted).

* The Larry Clark movie ''Wassup Rockers'' follows a group of Latino kids in Los Angeles who follow punk culture over hip-hop culture.

* Music/TheBeatles count too. When they first started RockAndRoll was primarily an American phenomenon. Nobody in their right mind believed British rock had any believability or chance to make it internationally. Then came UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion and as a result, British rock has nowadays become just as accepted as American.

* Music/{{Madness}}: An all-white, British {{Ska}} band. Playing the genre almost 15 years after it went out of fashion in the country it originated from: UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}.

* ''Webcomic/BlackHole2019'': Fishgirls are a race of female [[CuteMonsterGirl attractive]] FishPeople who find human males and have sex with them to reproduce and never stay with them. The "Little Fish-Girl" story introduces a fishgirl who doesn't want to just seduce a human and then leave; she wants to stay with them and be [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 part of]] [[ShoutOut their world]]. Of course, that doesn't stop her from straight up having sex with them anyway.

* ''Webcomic/BlackHole'': Fishgirls are a race of female [[CuteMonsterGirl attractive]] FishPeople who find human males and have sex with them to reproduce and never stay with them. The "Little Fish-Girl" story introduces a fishgirl who doesn't want to just seduce a human and then leave; she wants to stay with them and be [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 part of]] [[ShoutOut their world]]. Of course, that doesn't stop her from straight up having sex with them anyway.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has done this a ''lot'', with Spike the dragon who acts like ponies (by virtue of being reared by them), Gabby who would rather be friendly, helpful, and generous rather than a greedy apathetic jerk like other griffons, Thorax who would rather just be friends with ponies rather than using them like a food source like other changelings, and Autumn Blaze who would rather be talkative and feel emotions rather than the other mute emotionless kirins. Later episodes have subverted this though with more civil dragons showing up, griffons deciding to lighten up a bit, changelings pulling a HeelRaceTurn, and the other kirin deciding to give emotions and speech a try again.

** The [[AdventureGuild The Companions]] also features Athis, a Dark Elf, among their ranks. Considering that The Companions heavily inforce the nordic culture and the Nords have a lenghty history of conflict with the elven races, this is surprising. According to Athis, Skjor said that "even an elf can be born with the soul of a Nord" when he joined. Athis thinks he [[YouAreACreditToYourRace meant it as compliment]].

* ''Webcomic/BlackHole'': [[Characters/EnnuiGoFishgirls Fishgirls]] are a race of female [[CuteMonsterGirl attractive]] FishPeople who find human males and have sex with them to reproduce and never stay with them. The "Little Fish-Girl" story introduces a fishgirl who doesn't want to just seduce a human and then leave; she wants to stay with them and be [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 part of]] [[ShoutOut their world]]. Of course, that doesn't stop her from straight up having sex with them anyway.

* Trixie Tang, the [[AlphaBitch popular girl]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', is secretly a comic book fangirl. She also thinks dead frogs are "cool".

* ''Webcomic/BlackHole'': Fishgirls are a race of female [[CuteMonsterGirl attractive]] FishPeople who find human males and have sex with them to reproduce and never stay with them. The "Little Fish-Girl" story introduces a fishgirl who doesn't want to just seduce a human and then leave; she wants to stay with them and be [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 part of]] [[ShoutOut their world]]. Of course, that doesn't stop her from straight up having sex with them anyway.