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Originally Posted by swa(y)
i can understand that, way more than a black man wearing a suit so he wont be profiled.
its pretty much a fact, least down here....alot of black people, esp. the poor ones, are very concerned with their self image. ANYONE coming from a background where they dont have much would feel pretty nice riding around in a caddi (even if their house is shit)...least they look good pullin up in the mall parking lot. even eddie murphy said something about it in his sketch "we all live in the yello coupe deville".
its sad...but its true. i see it everyday. it happens with white people too, but there arent quite as many poor white folks in the area.
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it's a fact with anyone. style over substance is more american than the american dream, and it's definitely over-compensated for when there's a person who never had, but now has. not a black or white or yellow or red thing, it's more of an economic/class thing.