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but I don’t understand why jeans hung low on a black teenager constitute “mindless copycatting” (Bawer’s phrase) any more than Topsiders and polo shirts once did for the white Ivy League set.
This, to me, is a huge misunderstanding. There wasn't a 'white culture' before black culture in america. There was american culture. Sure, america was predominately white, but it was american culture all the same. 99% of us dressed the same, talked the same and acted the same because it was american culture (melting pot, remember?). But now, we need to stand up for our individual cultures, and we cant be dressing like the whites! oh no!
White ivy league kids didn't dress like whites - they dressed like Americans.
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