[Stephanie]

Why do people say we (whites) smell when we are wet? Also, I want to know why black people have a problem when we wear FUBU, but we don’t have a

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Name : Stephanie, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 16, City : Brewerton, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : Less than High School Diploma, 

[Joel]

Dear Stephanie, Biologically speaking, no part of the human body ‘stinks’. When bacteria populations are allowed to proliferate on the skin, the amount of waste material that is produced by the bacteria becomes detectable through its odor. Bacteria grows fastest on wet, warm surfaces. No ethnic race ‘smells’ better or worse than any other. Sometimes hygiene practices of a particular peoples gives the appearance of racial body odor. Concerning the FUBU issue;…I heard (on MTV) from the manufacturers of FUBU products, that FUBU is created by blacks for blacks as a means of acquiring racial idenity. Remember, american blacks are a displaced people.(much like the american indian)Whatever cultural idenity the africans had developed in their homeland, was lost when the Spanish and English removed them and sold them into slavery. When ‘whites’ wear FUBU clothing products, ‘blacks’ feel they are once again losing their idenities. It’s all a matter of clever marketing manipulations however, because cultural idenity cannot be bought at any price. Hope this helps, Joel

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Name : Joel, City : Texarkana, State : TX, Country : United States, 

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