No it is neither silly nor bigoted. He made a valid point and I believe a number of other people (of the same race as the majority of those in line) feel embarrassed watching the video because of what Svpernaut pointed out.
Totally agree. It's a simple fact you pointed out and true, regarding the perpetuating of stereotypical behavior.
Not to mention these shoes are going for at least 3x the price on ebay right now, most of them more than that. You can easily make a few thousand just flipping shoes for profit if you have enough of them. Give me an investment strategy that is guaranteed to make 300% at least within a week.
It is limited. Its called making way below the demand and selling them for high prices. Yes, everyone is aware of that. That also makes them RARE; which means when everyone gets the Jordans that have been sold... even fewer would be available for sale later; which drives the value of the Jordans up even more. But I understand this is coming from a non-sneakerhead. I wouldn't expect you to understand or attempt to help you understand it... Stick to your Call of Duty midnight releases. (Also, most malls and outlets that are experienced in selling Jordans know to hire tons of cops on release night... that being said... not trying to defend some of the thugs that clamor in that line...)
Young entrepreneurs getting a 300+% ROI using free advertising from local media. And Michael Jordan and Nike machine makes kids cry. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gAg3uMlNyHA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Just to add, people in general, in regardless of race and social economic status wants to flaunt *****. Poor people flaunt shoes and rims because that's the luxury items they can afford to flaunt AND more importantly what their PEERS flaunt. Have you seen how many young professionals making $40K start buying $200K houses out of school because their friends are? Or spend 40%-65% of paycheck on an apartment "in the city"? Or buy a $40K car on a $40K salary (get a ton of these people in Dallas). Heck, how many kids complain about student loans but when in school, they take the loan and use it to go to Cancun with their fraternity/sorority? We all want to keep up with the Jones's but the problem is that few of us really can. Yet the consumption driven media marketing kept telling us we should and make us depressed when we're not. P.S., I think it's worse for a sur-urban kid to turn $30K-millionaires because they should have know better. Our consumption culture makes me shake my head.
well put wizkid. it seems like it doesn't matter how rich or poor someone is. the only thing that matters is how much one appears to have compared to his peers.
