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Which would you rather be, a professional who is considered slightly hipster, or one who is considered slightly ghetto? Be considered slightly hipster, and they will think you are creative and might even know about this social networking stuff.
True.
Hipsters are highly-educated.
The white equivalent to ghetto, would definitely be hick/redneck, etc.
I remember Donald Trump immediately fired one of his well-dressed candidates when he said he considered himself a 'redneck' at heart. (He didn't portray it, or looked like it at all, but just merely said it, and fired).
The white equivalent to ghetto, would definitely be hick/redneck, etc.
I remember Donald Trump immediately fired one of his well-dressed candidates when he said he considered himself a 'redneck' at heart. (He didn't portray it, or looked like it at all, but just merely said it, and fired).
I don't think this to be the case, because I've observed hicks and rednecks offered more societal leeway, perhaps due to the fact that their attitude, values, and mannerisms tend to overlap with (or mistaken for) those of individuals from general country backdrops and traditional southern upbringing, whereas being ghetto is synonymous with acting as a living embodiment of the usual stereotypes and other host of issues prevalent within the urban framework.
That is because people in DC will switch back and forth between working for Democrat to Republican, from liberal advocacy group to a defense contractor, at the drop of a hat. They will move from being a defense attorney to being a plaintiff's lawyer, as long as there is more money. It doesn't pay to have any core values in that environment.
One can work for a defense contractor and still be a liberal. I know plenty of liberal contractors.
Anyone ever notice how a lot of the episodes end up in Woodbridge? Just something I notice and I don't watch the show religiously or anything like that.
True, yes, but this indeed is tricky. How many times have I heard white guys in the office comment snarkily on the dress of a styling black co-worker? ( "You're making us look bad"). By dressing *too* well you risk the assessment of being a fop or having no substance or being too materialistic or living beyond your means or just being uppity.
Ugh that sounds awful. I'm glad I work in polo and khaki central. Hardly anyone wears a tie in my office. One of the benefits of working outside the Beltway I suppose. Seems that the further one gets from DC the more casual the dress.
There is a distinction to be made between casual and working class. The wife beater/mullet white guy is obviously an example of the latter, but there is such a thing as casual affluence, and it has taken hold in such areas as Silicon Valley.
There is certainly less African-American representation in that particular subculture, though it's hard to say if that's because of exclusion or just lack of interest on the part of African-Americans.
Perhaps the African-American middle class has simply not existed for long enough to develop its own casual subculture, though it seems to be emerging.
I dont' understand. I've never heard of a casual subculture. The African-American middle class has existed as long as there was a middle class because there were free black folks living in both northern and southern states. The only difference being that said class is now much larger.
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I dont' understand. I've never heard of a casual subculture. The African-American middle class has existed as long as there was a middle class because there were free black folks living in both northern and southern states. The only difference being that said class is not much larger.
I've never heard that, but I can tell you, being a black professional there is less of a leeway for how you dress. I've seen people in my office who look like they haven't shaved in months, wear the same clothes everyday and look like they just woke up out of bed, but given how few there are of us in the professional setting, if we did any of those things, it would be amplified and we'd probably be looking for a new job.
You know as a black professional in the VA burbs where there's hardly any of my countrymen, I don't really worry about it. I go with whatever the atmosphere dictates. I know how to rock a suit but usually I'm wearing a polo shirt and khakis and will still be better dressed than some of the IT guys. I don't get too caught up in worrying about dress these days. Although you have a point that we as black professionals have to be more careful. At the same time I'm not trying to win best dressed award or anything.
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