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carpet co is by two middle eastern brothers, thats the best company out right now!
Big ups to these guys. Everything they put out is dope.
Also, the game needs Organikarl. Someone back this man.
Karl has Maxallure now
Good lookin out. I didn't know about Maxallure. Will cop soon.
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What skate companies out there have majority ownership by a person/people of color? I don’t really know of any off the top of my head right now but I know they’re out there.
Totally not trying to go all Jason Jesse, but, "White" or people of European decent is a, "Color." Just my opinion, but I don't think it's cool to base your skate purchases based off people's skin color or race. Who cares?, as long as the team is good and the product is quality.
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The Zumiez out here is 75% black employees. #progress
Ha- #Zumiezlivesmatter. Sorry if I offended anyone in this thread. People should just buy stuff they're stoked on. Some people get off on buying the most obscure core brands no one has ever heard of and some people love Element and Plan B. Whatever works for you.
stop pretending you don't know what racism is
The conversation of buying from a specific race, sets us back decades as a society.
Modern fucking-day tribalism is alive and well. Well done gents.
Goddamn this attitude is ignorant. Would you say that about Jewish people as well? People still out here trying to act like the way to overcome racism is to pretend like it didn't/doesn't exist. Slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, inequity in drug policies, segregation, and the MANY other forms of systemic racism are what
ACTUALLY set us back decades, centuries actually.
Supporting black or brown owned businesses is just one small way to try and counter those injustices above. When we close the wealth gap and credit gap for minority business owners maybe then the conversation can change. Not before then. Understanding the economics and history is necessary.
This book is a good start:
https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/Of course people should buy whatever the fuck they're stoked on. That can mean supporting folks who have been marginalized if they also happen to make dope shit.