1) How do you recognize a Juggalo on the street if you never met them before?

 I don't, and I have never really tried to. I am somewhat socially awkward, so I am not the type to just come up and talk to someone based on the clothes they are wearing. I have complimented a couple of people on ICP tattoos before. Once I did it at work, and the dude didn't believe me.

2) What made you decide to become a Juggalo?

 I just really liked the music. I started listening to ICP around 6th grade, and met my best friends in 7th grade because of the music. We have been best friends ever since, and I am a senior in college. To be perfectly honest, ICP and other Juggalo music is what opened my mind musically to other types of music. Before listening to ICP, I only listened to rock. Then, after listening to ICP, I started to branch into hip-hop more, and eventually I started liking a little bit of everything.

3) How do you feel about the outside world's perspective of Juggalos?

 I feel that there is a very negative perspective of juggalos. Whenever I bring up ICP to coworkers or classmates I get negative responses. Like they say, all stereotypes start with a kernel of truth, but juggalo stereotypes are just that: stereotypes. The worst part is, it seems to be a culturally acceptable, maybe even culturally promoted, stereotype.

4) Has being a Juggalo influenced your social or spiritual values?

Spiritually? Absolutely not. Socially, when coupled with other experiences, it has led me to quite a bit of growth. As stated earlier, ICP and other Juggalo music led me to have a more all-encompassing, accepting view of music. In a similar way, being a juggalo has led me to have a more accepting view of people. I try and see people for who they are, not what they look like or what they wear. I am going to school to be a teacher, so it is crucial for me to look past the outside and try to understand who an individual is, what their interests are, and how I can help them be a better learner.

TommyGun said
"having helped you out, howzabout elaborating on this case study?"

 

Sure thing. I'm in a writing class at Northern Illinois University and my teacher assigned a case study project where we have to choose a group of people (any group), collect data concerning an aspect of that group (I chose group values), and write a paper summarizing my findings. It's a freshman-level undergraduate class (I'm a post-baccalaureate student so I'm pissed I'm even in this class) so literally all I need to do is collect data and summarize it. The paper is so open-ended it's impossible to go wrong. The questions were written by my research group, my job was to post them here and summarize the results. You definitely helped us out with your response.

 

For the record, the case study will NOT be published, or even seen by anyone except me, my research group members, and my teacher. No, I'm not a journalist or some other fucker trying to use your responses for some hidden purpose. I'm just a student trying to pass this fucking class.

Honestly I think it would be kinda cool to see this published somewhere. Seeing my quote in a journal or online article or something lol

TommyGun said
If I had the time to write a publishable paper I'd definitely give it a shot, but as it is I'm gonna have to write it in about 5 hours. There's no way its gonna turn out to be anything worth publishing, or even reading for that matter.

shit, publish it here.  this forum isnt noted for its worthy reading.