PortCityProphet
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Is Jay-Z the only black person who has merchandise at Barney's? Or is he the most popular and richest?
Public Asks Jay Z to Remove Clothing Line From Barneys
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http://www.complex.com/style/2013/02/the-25-greatest-black-fashion-designers/arthur-mcgee
and majority of these designers clothing lines are located in these WHITE ESTABLISHMENTS these nikkas continue to call racist companies, when in fact most of the racism claims are really against the racist cashiers and lower level employees who make assumptions based off of there own beliefs not the companies..
Would you buy from a Jay-Z store filled with Kanye's clothes and designs
? Leather kilts and leather Jogging pants and black confederate flag t-shirts on deck
He's the most popular and image seen person in the public eye... there's tons of black designers clothing lines located in different white businesses but they don't have the jay-z limelight so they wouldn't get pressured
LOUD
King Of All Kings
I don't wear swag clothes too often I'm more on the smooth shytWould you buy from a Jay-Z store filled with Kanye's clothes and designs
Leather kilts and leather Jogging pants and black confederate flag t-shirts on deck
Cat piss martini
Veteran
fukk a nikka working a 9 to 5 need one
of them gay ass 300$ belts for?
Even when I was hustling i wasnt buying dumb shyt
like that.
nikka buy some property!
even with that being said fukk them racist crackas
and Jay need to show them what time it is....least he could
do for nikkas switching up champange with his big lipped
ass.
of them gay ass 300$ belts for?
Even when I was hustling i wasnt buying dumb shyt
like that.
nikka buy some property!
even with that being said fukk them racist crackas
and Jay need to show them what time it is....least he could
do for nikkas switching up champange with his big lipped
ass.
Doobie Doo
Veteran
Honestly im kind of glad this happen cause like Paul Mooney says, some of us need our nikka wake up call. We need more incidents like this to show these nikkas why you need to spend money within our own community and stop strengthening other communities
Greenstrings
All Star
Black kids are going to be harassed regardless of how many black business establishments we have and that being said it's hardly the boys fault that we don't have our own businesses. Drop the idealism and look at things for what they are.
The world over the most moneyed, reputable, desirable and respectable tailors and clothing styles derive from whites. There are many places in which black people would do well to put forth a significant foothold but the fashion industry is not it. Not only does it appeal to our base vanities and superficiality but white hegemony there is far too entrenched. There's a reason why those working in the fashion industry can't say enough about how racist it is.
Fundamentally whites hold all the cards there. Regardless of what nation or culture you hail from, if you want to be taken seriously you wear a suit.
In India, Japan, Ghana, Iran and the world over when people think about desirable expensive clothing they think of Gucci, Prada, LV etc. That is not going to change.
In a perfect world black commerce would have taken off decades ago when there was a much stronger sense of community amongst us than there is now but that didn't happen and now we're far too diffuse. As this thread and all the arguments we have here and in our lives show, black people cannot agree on the best way to deal with a legacy of racial abuse.
Do I think 350 is a reasonable amount to spend on a belt? No, but that's beside the point. Maybe once upon a time there was a question in regards to whether or not blacks were compelled to integrate in America but we're way past that and if we're going to have to deal with the reality of integrating into an institutionally racist society then I'd rather we fight for our own before we fight amongst ourselves.
I would still say its to much to spend on a fukking belt.2. If it was a white person spending 300 dollars on a belt, what would the c00ns on TLR say? He's probably rich, he can afford it
Well, there are "questionable" things that some employees do that are not inline with corporate rules, training and company's missions statement.
So, why should Jay-Z pull out from a profitable business arrangement that helps a black entrepreneur to succeed in a white man's world?
So, why should Jay-Z pull out from a profitable business arrangement that helps a black entrepreneur to succeed in a white man's world?
good post and i understand i'm coming from a place of militancy and extreme idealism. but the guy wanted that belt because of juelz santana
it's not like he wanted something nice because he got a great job and needed certain clothes to fit the part.and i have to disagree with whites holding all of the cards. if you really look at the situation for what it is, we hold a lot of the cards, we just refuse to play them. black spending power is going to reach 1.1 trillion, and we're not even trying to circulate any of that money. i understand we have no base of resources to pull from, but that isn't to say we should rush out here to spend that with other communities. hell, it's not just whites that are draining the community, it's a lot of foreigners as well. in fact, i'm willing to bet most hoods are having cash funneled out by indians, arabs, asians. so it's not just "them", we just refuse to link together, take risk, and build businesses within our own communities.
once again, i am coming from a place of idealism, but so are many blacks who want to buy their way into acceptance.
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JasonSJackson
Jah Sun Ma'at Ra
There is no way to have a meaningful, productive conversation with almost anyone on this message board.
Most of you all are simple minded n1ggers who's minds are unable to see more then one or two steps ahead.
You are all are even bigger enemies to the decendants of African slaves in this country then the white oppressors are.
Armed soley with your second hand knowledge derived from the text books of the American Education system and interaction with similarly situated people you come to arguments armed with a prideful sense of intellect. That false education you recieves leaves you unable to see the big picture of situations (and unware of your blindness), unable to navigate through them layer by layer and unable to reach the root and direct your attention there. It instead trains you to hone in on some irrelevant detail and spend your time defending/attacking it and anyone who either supports or opposes that detail.
Take this idiot mtu wa chuma for example ,who, unable to intelligently view and respond to this situation instead hones into an irrelevant layer of the situation (the price of the items in question) and.........armed with the previously mentioned pride ........he passionaltly and unknowingly argues against his own self interest.
He's unable and unwilling to view this situation through the scope of someone looking to get to the root of the the issue, he instead allows his ignorant personal biases and false sense of pride lead him on crusade to state his opinion and attack anyone or thing that differs with it.
The sad part about it is n1ggers like him, with these falsly inflated sense of pride, do more damage to the decandants of slaves from Africa then anyone else.
They think they are civilized but they're not, they are just well behaved..............
in short...............fukk you, anyone who's dapped your posts and anyone that thinks anything you are saying is acceptable.
Most of you all are simple minded n1ggers who's minds are unable to see more then one or two steps ahead.
You are all are even bigger enemies to the decendants of African slaves in this country then the white oppressors are.
Armed soley with your second hand knowledge derived from the text books of the American Education system and interaction with similarly situated people you come to arguments armed with a prideful sense of intellect. That false education you recieves leaves you unable to see the big picture of situations (and unware of your blindness), unable to navigate through them layer by layer and unable to reach the root and direct your attention there. It instead trains you to hone in on some irrelevant detail and spend your time defending/attacking it and anyone who either supports or opposes that detail.
Take this idiot mtu wa chuma for example ,who, unable to intelligently view and respond to this situation instead hones into an irrelevant layer of the situation (the price of the items in question) and.........armed with the previously mentioned pride ........he passionaltly and unknowingly argues against his own self interest.
He's unable and unwilling to view this situation through the scope of someone looking to get to the root of the the issue, he instead allows his ignorant personal biases and false sense of pride lead him on crusade to state his opinion and attack anyone or thing that differs with it.
The sad part about it is n1ggers like him, with these falsly inflated sense of pride, do more damage to the decandants of slaves from Africa then anyone else.
They think they are civilized but they're not, they are just well behaved..............
in short...............fukk you, anyone who's dapped your posts and anyone that thinks anything you are saying is acceptable.
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Kenny West
Veteran
I agree somewhat. Yeah, he was racially profiled, and yeah it's fukked up.
But if you black this shyt has happened to you. more than once. And it ain't really something you can change unless you have the access to the same kind of large scale brainwashing that they got to convince black teenagers to blow their money on 350$ belts or spend their tax checks on a 2.5k handbag
Nobody wants to actually progress the black community, nikkas just wanna be victims.
And why are people bringing Jay-Z into this? They were profiled by ground level employees. The scale of the deal Jay-Z made is way beyond this issue. This should be handled at the middle management level
wtf we gon do?
stop shopping at barneys? nikka that's what they wanted in the first place!
How bout we chill on the jordans and gucci belts and use the money to open and support some black owned business so we can build wealth in our community, like Jay Z is doingbut that might make too much sense
I agree somewhat. Yeah, he was racially profiled, and yeah it's fukked up.
But if you black this shyt has happened to you. more than once. And it ain't really something you can change unless you have the access to the same kind of large scale brainwashing that they got to convince black teenagers to blow their money on 350$ belts or spend their tax checks on a 2.5k handbag
Nobody wants to actually progress the black community, nikkas just wanna be victims.
And why are people bringing Jay-Z into this? They were profiled by ground level employees. The scale of the deal Jay-Z made is way beyond this issue. This should be handled at the middle management level
wtf we gon do?
stop shopping at barneys? nikka that's what they wanted in the first place!
but that might make too much sense
I'm saying we should be on his side, simple as that.
People are saying he shouldn't be spending his money on what he wants. Doesn't make sense to me.