ArtistInfo

Racetraitor

Band, 1996-1999 US, Chicago
Rock

Racetraitor (1996–1999) was an American political straight edge hardcore punk band from Chicago, Illinois.The band was known for calling audience members "crackers" and for espousing radical beliefs influenced by black nationalism, third worldism and other anti-colonial ideologies (and for some members, eventually, Islam). Their lyrical content revolved around issues race and class privilege, Western dominance of the Third World and inequalities in globalization, sexuality in America, corporate dominance of economic and public life, veganism and the straight edge lifestyle. The name Racetraitor was in reference to using one's social and economic privilege to create a more egalitarian world. The idea was to take the pejorative term "race traitor" used by white American racists and the band

Members

	Andrew Hurley dr *1980 US
	Daniel Binaei g
	Andrea Black g
	Brent Decker
	Mani Mostofi voc
	Eric Bartholomae