[Joe-V]

About 10 years ago, I was playing basketball at a college recreation center. A black guy I was playing with had the Nike tag hanging from what appeared to be a brand new pair of shoes. Trying to be helpful, I told him he forgot to cut off his tags – to which he replied somewhat nastily, ‘It’s a black thing – you wouldn’t understand.’ My question is, Why didn’t he cut off his tag, and why did he feel the need to tell me I wouldn’t understand?
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Name : Joe-V, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 35, City : N/A, State : AZ, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle, 

[David Rogers]

Chanes are he had a bad day. They leave the tag on, it’s like leaving the lexus emblem on the car instead of shaving it off. So everyon can notice. He probably didn’t think you could understand cause he doesn’t hang around caucasians as much or came from a pro-dominantly black neighborhood

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Name : David Rogers, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Nigerian, I don't consider myself black, Religion : Pentecostal, Age : 19, City : Upland, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper class, 

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