I remember the Jack character telling Evan that his stepdad is "Black".
Evan's reply was ... "A black cop, what a drag"
But only a minute later, Jack mentions that his stepdad came out to the TR house, they laughed him out the door, etc...
then said.... "Parents are so Lame"
So, even though there seemed to be a negative comment from the character that his stepdad is African American, the script still managed to have Jack's character respect his stepdad enough to refer to him as a "Parent"... even if a "lame parent" ....which, as a phrase, likely has more to do with teenagers being teenagers, not with them as racist
I was a fan of Punk at that time, went to shows, skateboarded, watched Suburbia like 100 times, wore Minor Threat t shirts and ripped jeans, and listned to cassette tapes of TSOL, Minor Threat, Social D, and others on an original Sony Walkman.....this is back in 1984-1985 time frame. I am not any more a part of that scene, as I am a Christian and an adult. But I do remember that movie pretty well.
Anyways, As far as the punk scene went at that time, I lived in San Jose, CA, and I can attest that the kids at that time who liked punk and skated were, YES, mostly white.
But MANY, including good freinds of mine, were Latino, and a few were of other races as well...The 80's was a time of diversity in a lot of ways, moreso than this movie Suburbia showed. My high school "punk/skater" hang out zone had whites, Latins, and other races....these kids set themselves apart by their music, fashion, politics, and anti-conformity ideals, .....it wasnt about race. Punk was not the most positive, encouraging, uplifting thing for teens to be into (then or now)...but I don't think most punk kids were racially biased.
But, just for the record,..... While I don't own the film, I remember it pretty well, and I don't remember any character in the film Suburbia actually using the N- word.
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