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For centuries Black Americans have been the forefront and the blueprint of what we now considered "culture". As time progress from the way we embrace ourselves, it has been scrutinized for many different negative connotation as to what we represent in our culture, yet as soon as other cultures get a hold of what we put out all of a sudden its not "ghetto" or "ratchet" , its "high fashion" In the words of Paul Mooney "its looks ugly on us but cute on them!" Sure its a way of appreciating a culture but what happens when the appreciation becomes a clone?
By Eric TFor centuries Black Americans have been the forefront and the blueprint of what we now considered "culture". As time progress from the way we embrace ourselves, it has been scrutinized for many different negative connotation as to what we represent in our culture, yet as soon as other cultures get a hold of what we put out all of a sudden its not "ghetto" or "ratchet" , its "high fashion" In the words of Paul Mooney "its looks ugly on us but cute on them!" Sure its a way of appreciating a culture but what happens when the appreciation becomes a clone?