Conspicuous consumption, if it were, is a cultural facet that is strongly associated with poor minorities and their communities. There is a "hive mind" that determines what is and what isn't "black". One must either subscribe to this or lose the group identity and protections associated with it.
The sad thing is, while many ghetto youth say they are "about their money", the financial literacy of America's poor, especially poor Black teens and young adults, is at an atrocious level.
The sad thing is, while many ghetto youth say they are "about their money", the financial literacy of America's poor, especially poor Black teens and young adults, is at an atrocious level.