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Originally Posted by Jilly
I'm just curious and am in no way trying to start an argument, but do you believe that being a part of one culture, in this case, the black culture, that it should define you?
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Culture defines us all.
I identified Hip Hop culture though. Not Black culture.
Which aren't exactly a 1:1. They overlap, but are still distinct circles.
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I get frustrated when people try to equate me with all women, as if we are all alike...
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I'm wondering where I did that?
I said that his fashionable expression is derived from Hip Hop culture.
How does that equate to all of Hip Hop let alone Black culture?
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isn't it fair to say that perhaps Larry Johnson is a man all his own, apart from the black "gangsta" (for lack of a better word and to use the one that's already being thrown around) culture and perhaps him trying to be that man conflicts with this "culture" you are equating him with, hence this hideous outfit?
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Why does such a distinction need to be made?
Larry Johnson or the guy two doors down... This form of fashionable expression is absolutely derived from Hip Hop culture. That can't even be argued.
And again, if you think the outfit is hideous you're entitled...
But I'm certain you own something that he'd think was hideous.
It's a matter of taste.
Can we get past that?