How sad was it when the hood dismissed Starburys as "cheap sneakers?"

[Ron Fox]

Marburys main purpose of creating his sneaker was that he saw the situation with Black folks getting robbed and killed for overpriced sneakers as a problem. So he makes a fine quality shoe that looked and felt good and tried to make change. And what did the hood do? Dismissed the sneaker as being "cheap." I bought a pair for "the cause." When they came out they were only available in one store in Downtown NYC. Whenever they were brought up and someone actually had a pair it was the same narrative...."Naa, I only rock them when playing ball" Thats what everyone would say "I only wear them playing ball." You couldnt just rock them, they were the kicks u put on for playing ball with. And soon all over the hood they had a rep for being "cheap shoes". I'll never forget copping a pair for my then 8 year old son for "the cause" and when he went to his aunts house my son overheard her saying "Can u believe he bought him some 15 dollar shoes?" and she said that like I wasnt already buying him all the fly bullshyt that the ghetto approves of.

No one gave a fukk about "The cause", Starburys were dismissed as "cheap sneakers."

 

[1 other person]

I use to wear these

 

[Wild self]

This topic will make a lot of people look

 

[IShotTheSheriff]

Those all look pretty tough to.

Man I'd rock a pair now. A lot of us on this forum know though... We as a people, and it's not only black folk, are socially conditioned to be consumers.

 

[BigMan]

lol I remember getting clowned so bad for wearing these
Pops wondered why I never wore them

 

[Ron Fox]

I use to wear these

I had 2 pair and was in my mid 20's so I didnt give a fukk about what the crowd was saying. I wore both pairs till they wore out. Only reason I didnt go back to cop more was because I didnt believe in going all the way downtown to cop sneakers like that. But had they have been available at regular sneaker outlets I woulda kept it going.

 

[Heafcliffe]

Yeezy-shaped I see. Would flex with zilch fukks esp the blues.

 

[Memorial Stadium Piru]

I had a pair in black and never got clowned

But in the early/mid-2000s Miami nikkas had weird fashion, nikkas were wearing du rags, bedazzled Disney shirts, camouflage capri pants and K-Swiss sneakers

 

[Hovsta]

Let's take out the affordability and economic social status of most people buying Jordan's


In my school people were getting chopped up for rocking AI's. No one would rock starburya but I do salute breh. Bur a broke breh would just get some chuck taylors and call it a day. shyt are a least some Nike slides.

 

[boskey]

Ya'll are better than me for actually rocking these . I had Payless Pro-Wings in the 3rd grade and said I'm never going back...

 

[Ron Fox]

Let's take out the affordability and economic social status of most people buying Jordan's


In my school people were getting chopped up for rocking AI's. No one would rock starburya but I do salute breh. Bur a broke breh would just get some chuck taylors and call it a day. shyt are a least some Nike slides.

Th eirony is that If Marbury would have taken the same shoe and sold them for $100 they woulda been all over the hood.

 

[Hovsta]

Th eirony is that If Marbury would have taken the same shoe and sold them for $100 they woulda been all over the hood.

Yep to me ken Griffeys looked like trash but that Nike seal of approval made them hot

 

[delta]

Marburys main purpose of creating his sneaker was that he saw the situation with Black folks getting robbed and killed for overpriced sneakers as a problem. So he makes a fine quality shoe that looked and felt good and tried to make change. And what did the hood do? Dismissed the sneaker as being "cheap." I bought a pair for "the cause." When they came out they were only available in one store in Downtown NYC. Whenever they were brought up and someone actually had a pair it was the same narrative...."Naa, I only rock them when playing ball" Thats what everyone would say "I only wear them playing ball." You couldnt just rock them, they were the kicks u put on for playing ball with. And soon all over the hood they had a rep for being "cheap shoes". I'll never forget copping a pair for my then 8 year old son for "the cause" and when he went to his aunts house my son overheard her saying "Can u believe he bought him some 15 dollar shoes?" and she said that like I wasnt already buying him all the fly bullshyt that the ghetto approves of.

No one gave a fukk about "The cause", Starburys were dismissed as "cheap sneakers."

materialism got us fukked up

we got kids working dead end jobs to afford $300 white tees and $600 yeezys, supporting the biggest c00n celebrity possible

same thing now. BBB will have dumbazzes tripping over themselves to waste a check

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

They were meant for playing ball not sit else.

 

[Ron Fox]

They were meant for playing ball not sit else.

You say that like dudes dont play ball in tennis and running shoes and dudes dont rock basketball shoes to stunt.