And so by being a Black man in a snapback, I will appeal to other Black men, and women… or anybody that comes from an underrepresented background, and I will let them know that they can sit at the table."
that appearing on Dragons' Den, in an authentic way, will show people like him that they can have a path in business.
So if you're a black man who actually respects himself and his business, and wants to have the image of a well dressed and serious entrepreneur, sorry but you just aren't being an authentic black person.
"I approach the biggest challenges in my life - whether it's Dragon's Den, starting a business or a podcast - with this video game mindset where I'm holding the controller, I am not in the game. And that means the character can die.
"At the end of the day if I fail at anything I'm doing, I'm going to be fine. I'm just holding the controller here, I'm not in the game."
Wow, I wish I could have such a privileged mindset, to not have to worry about failure because it won't actually impact me.
Also, has anybody ever heard of his social media company, Social Chain. It's apparently over 5 years old but I have no idea what it does. Maybe its bigger in the UK.
Looking it up, it seems like it's just an advertising company that uses social media instead of traditional advertising. So pushing "influencers" and targeted posts and stuff like that.
Currently, Social Chain owns over 200 accounts.[5] Some examples are "Fitness Motivation" in Twitter with almost two million followers and "Love Food" with almost seven million followers.[6]
Through his Social Chain, Bartlett and his partners was often described as “the kids who decide what all the other kids talk about” and the “social media illuminati”.[6] Several Social Chain's account were later found out by BuzzFeed News to plagiarize old posts in the internet.
Social Chain owns “just over 400 of the biggest social media communities” across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For example, @StudentProblems, which has 185,000 followers on Twitter and 4.8 million on Facebook, and shares silly truisms about student life (sample: “Procrastination level: looking at photos from nights out you didn’t attend”).
Honestly it just sounds like they run a shitload of sockpuppet/bot accounts to artificially boost stuff on various social medias.
So if you're a black man who actually respects himself and his business, and wants to have the image of a well dressed and serious entrepreneur, sorry but you just aren't being an authentic black person.
Apparently successful minorities are accused of acting white, or they get called things like oreo or banana (white on the inside), by their own in-groups.
Crabs in a bucket, right there. "Keepin' it real" may maintain 'hood cred for them, but it won't get them respect from their neighbors in the nearby McMansions when they're bumping loud music and letting their crew party until daybreak. Like I stated in another post, these types are the thugs that demand respect and maintain it through coercion and/or fear, rather than commanding respect through their actions.
So if we're talking black people attire, should we go with orange, or the classic black and white striped look?
Seriously though how far they've fallen in even trying anymore. What's the saying, dress for the job you want? I guess their gangster attire is doing just that. Sure, suits aren't expected for most things anymore and I pretty much never wear one, but I at least try to stay above the gross level of sweatpants and flip flops that have become way too common.
It would be nice since it could feed into the James Bond codename fan theory without going full "look at this brave dubyu O Cee standing where a MAN once stood"
Check out In The Heat Of The Night for a good look at Sidney Poitier's acting chops. If there was a black dude that could have played Bond back in the '70s, he would have been the go-to choice.
Unironically, good. Like, the reasoning is batshit, but if more cultures honored their traditional attire rather than just copying western looks, that would be good. "White people have no culture, look at that beautiful indian man dress" they say, wearing blue jeans and a flannel shirt.
Edit: "I'll wear a snapback" oh so it's more of "We took your culture, scruffed it up, and now call it ours" like tennis shoe culture, rather than honoring his African ancestors. Ok.
I heard a line on a TV show a while back: "You're the type of guy who demands respect instead of commanding respect" (or something to that effect). That's what I think of whenever I see one of the nu-riche tech entrepreneurs who is all like "naw, bro, I got them fat stacks, yo" and refuses to even approach something like respectable business attire. They're not someone who is worth taking money from. They're just a thug who got lucky and doesn't realize that their fame and fortune can turn around and disappear just as quickly as it came to them.
Oh yeah? Then why does Daymond John wear a suit? He's a black man, and he is doing just about the same thing as Dragon's Den by appearing of Shark Tank.
Don't wear suits? Black people also don't seem to create successful reality business tv shows. They just get inspired by them, get hired based on diversity, not merit, then *itch and lower dress standards, and really all standards, what with the lack of merit. Then fail to figure out why maybe there aren't so many Blacks in the upper echelons of business. If he's so successful he should create his own "hip", "urban" DD and be done with it and not riding White coattails anymore.
So, what's he gonna wear, a loincloth with grass anklets?
Maybe stick a bone in his nose, too?
Orange jumpsuit with fashionable bracelets.
Jumpsuit pants around ankles.
WE WUZ KANGZ...an shiit
Black Panther costume.
So if you're a black man who actually respects himself and his business, and wants to have the image of a well dressed and serious entrepreneur, sorry but you just aren't being an authentic black person.
Wow, I wish I could have such a privileged mindset, to not have to worry about failure because it won't actually impact me.
Also, has anybody ever heard of his social media company, Social Chain. It's apparently over 5 years old but I have no idea what it does. Maybe its bigger in the UK.
Not heard of it here either, but I think we all know he wasn't hired to the show because of his business credentials.
Looking it up, it seems like it's just an advertising company that uses social media instead of traditional advertising. So pushing "influencers" and targeted posts and stuff like that.
Honestly it just sounds like they run a shitload of sockpuppet/bot accounts to artificially boost stuff on various social medias.
Social Media is going to turn into this if it wasn't already.
Apparently successful minorities are accused of acting white, or they get called things like oreo or banana (white on the inside), by their own in-groups.
In short: yes.
Crabs in a bucket, right there. "Keepin' it real" may maintain 'hood cred for them, but it won't get them respect from their neighbors in the nearby McMansions when they're bumping loud music and letting their crew party until daybreak. Like I stated in another post, these types are the thugs that demand respect and maintain it through coercion and/or fear, rather than commanding respect through their actions.
So if we're talking black people attire, should we go with orange, or the classic black and white striped look?
Seriously though how far they've fallen in even trying anymore. What's the saying, dress for the job you want? I guess their gangster attire is doing just that. Sure, suits aren't expected for most things anymore and I pretty much never wear one, but I at least try to stay above the gross level of sweatpants and flip flops that have become way too common.
Still believe Idris would have made a better bond than Craig.
It would be nice since it could feed into the James Bond codename fan theory without going full "look at this brave dubyu O Cee standing where a MAN once stood"
Alas since Spectre that's a no-go.
How about this fellow?
Check out In The Heat Of The Night for a good look at Sidney Poitier's acting chops. If there was a black dude that could have played Bond back in the '70s, he would have been the go-to choice.
This is what a future lawsuit employee looks like.
Anybody who hires somebody who talks like this DESERVES to get sued
Unironically, good. Like, the reasoning is batshit, but if more cultures honored their traditional attire rather than just copying western looks, that would be good. "White people have no culture, look at that beautiful indian man dress" they say, wearing blue jeans and a flannel shirt.
Edit: "I'll wear a snapback" oh so it's more of "We took your culture, scruffed it up, and now call it ours" like tennis shoe culture, rather than honoring his African ancestors. Ok.
Your first paragraph is right on the money.
Alas as you say it's not the case here.
I heard a line on a TV show a while back: "You're the type of guy who demands respect instead of commanding respect" (or something to that effect). That's what I think of whenever I see one of the nu-riche tech entrepreneurs who is all like "naw, bro, I got them fat stacks, yo" and refuses to even approach something like respectable business attire. They're not someone who is worth taking money from. They're just a thug who got lucky and doesn't realize that their fame and fortune can turn around and disappear just as quickly as it came to them.
Oh yeah? Then why does Daymond John wear a suit? He's a black man, and he is doing just about the same thing as Dragon's Den by appearing of Shark Tank.
Tell that to the guy in the article, not me.
He wasn't telling it to you lol
Who knew south africa's parliament didn't have any black people in it?
This man is a charlatan.
Don't wear suits? Black people also don't seem to create successful reality business tv shows. They just get inspired by them, get hired based on diversity, not merit, then *itch and lower dress standards, and really all standards, what with the lack of merit. Then fail to figure out why maybe there aren't so many Blacks in the upper echelons of business. If he's so successful he should create his own "hip", "urban" DD and be done with it and not riding White coattails anymore.
Tell that to Raphael Warnock.
What has this guy accomplished in his life?