Eighties babies know what 54.11 represents, that is the numerical value of 49.99 plus tax in New York City. It was a once popular code for Reebok classics, a very popular sport shoe/sneaker that was worn in the late eighties early 90’s, then Reebok got into some PR trouble about who makes the sneakers and I think something derogative about black people. All it takes is one rumor true or false to shut down a fashion lines popularity within the inner city community, but in any event the cost of an athletic shoe/sneaker can easily hit 154.11 if not more, and the sad thing is that poor people are buying them, pretending they are rich. So I did some math if a person buys one sneaker a month at that price by the end of the year they have spent 1849.32 in athletic footwear. There are so many children that don’t have a college fund, savings account, life insurance, health insurance, or taken a vacation outside of the state that they live in let alone a country. Yet there are millions of tennis shoes strewn across telephone lines depreciating in value severely!
- Today I talk about sneakers, and then tomorrow I will talk about weave…this was not in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream nor Malcolm X’s and it isn’t in mine. It is an actual nightmare.
- What do you spend your money on?
HIV infection is on the rise among young men who have sex with men (MSM) in New York City, according to preliminary data from the Health Department. New HIV diagnoses among MSM under age 30 have increased by 33% during the past six years, from 374 in 2001 to almost 500 in 2006. New diagnoses have doubled among MSM ages 13 to 19, while declining by 22% among older MSM. The under-30 group now accounts for 44% of all new diagnoses among MSM in New York City, up from 31% in 2001.
