More not-so-subtle racism? I have a fucking job and I can't afford $185 for tennis shoes, so you must be talking about some pretty affluent people who are fighting over these shoes. And they all must have jobs.
Michael Jordan was a Black man, so only Black people would buy his shoes and since some here believe that all Black people are broke and jobless but somehow still have $185 laying around for tennis shoes, it's just normal for the racists and Fux News to jump all over this kind of crap and pretend that only unemployed Black people are buying these shoes.
Your first mistake here would be the assumption that everybody goes through life sharing your values and priorities. Not so.
Your second mistake is assuming that "unemployed" people do not have jobs. It's probably unheard of in rural areas, and rare in suburban areas, but in the inner-city it's quite common for people to work "off-the-books," i.e., getting paid in cash. They have no reportable income, so are eligible to live in subsidized public housing, collect food stamps, and Medicaid. Any income from their illicit job is disposable income.
If you think $200 sneakers are unheard of in the inner city, you should visit a ghetto and see how many stores sell them there.
In fact, I suggest you pay your visit starting in January, so you can kill two birds with one stone. In January you'll also get to see all of the tax preparation businesses opening in vacant storefronts in the ghettoes. That's when the Earned Income Tax bonanza begins, the real Christmas-time in the ghetto.
Do you have a citation for your claims about working off the books? Why aren't the high end shoe stores located in the ghetto nearer their supposed customers?
What would make anyone think the shoppers weren't employed? Is there something about Air Jordans that screams "welfare"?
you make something that has a secondary market the can be very profitable and guess what?
Your first mistake here would be the assumption that everybody goes through life sharing your values and priorities. Not so.
Your second mistake is assuming that "unemployed" people do not have jobs. It's probably unheard of in rural areas, and rare in suburban areas, but in the inner-city it's quite common for people to work "off-the-books," i.e., getting paid in cash. They have no reportable income, so are eligible to live in subsidized public housing, collect food stamps, and Medicaid. Any income from their illicit job is disposable income.
If you think $200 sneakers are unheard of in the inner city, you should visit a ghetto and see how many stores sell them there.
In fact, I suggest you pay your visit starting in January, so you can kill two birds with one stone. In January you'll also get to see all of the tax preparation businesses opening in vacant storefronts in the ghettoes. That's when the Earned Income Tax bonanza begins, the real Christmas-time in the ghetto.
or something about the violence that screams drug dealer?......