@@bossattack7105 Soooo fucking lost. You got people that will only wear the classic Jordans and bypass the new Jordans. Because celebrities only wear the classics.
@@RALPHLAURENISTHEBEST That's why. The people these products are marketed to are the 1% and people flexing Gucci in the E. St Louis, SS Chicago, The bottoms, S LA and elsewhere more than likely bough bootleg shit... That's grannies point.
I grew up seeing rich white folks wearing izod plaid button ups with no under shirt, faded out levi jeans and a pair a monarch Nikes. Gucci ain’t nothing but a status symbol for people with no real status.
Gucci was so heavy in popular rap songs this year, I’m *sure* they did it on purpose. Like when cristal told jay z they didn’t want him to rep their champagne anymore bc he was “urban.” Lol
Exactly the discovery of sugar cane increased the demand for slaves so high that Pope Innocent the VIII declared that only people of color could be enslaved bc the Caucasian population was not large enough
I feel like gems where dropped in this one...Good job Deon....the thing theyre missing is the argument that Black people are too forgiving as a race and culture.
I felt like how they changed the subject on how Fubu and etc wasn't acceptable to wear was a way to distract his 'ignorance'. I mean c'mon, fashion labels come in, and then go out. That's normal.
I still buy Akademicks, Mecca, LRG, Rocawear and Enyce. Lugs is still around but all I seen were the boots. I’m on the north east coast so those clothes are easy to get over here.
Sean Sav Or you could support one of the hundreds of companies currently in business: from independent companies like Pharonic Brand and Nana Loafers to local folks trying to sell their own t shirts!
Amazing and sick that Deon Cole has that thought process of those Brands would purposely offend their volume consumers and yet and still he wears and purchased those brands still today. When will we get tired of loving the abusers of US🤦🏾♂️
This is exactly why you do not follow celebrities. They need to read the newspaper and history. This is an embarrassment. Vlad knows exactly what he is doing by asking these questions.
de de damn right he’s blaming people’s inability to innovate in black folks. If the black dollar was so big they’d respect it. Niggas ain’t got no money. We set the trends but we do r fill your pockets shit we don’t make the rappers rich. It’s just fucking racism/white supremacy. And just because I don’t have a Pickett sighn doesn’t mean I’ll drink Starbucks cuz I won’t. Bruh up here soft shoein right now.
No, there was no slavery in Europe. Slavery was a big business in Africa at the time. African kingdoms were at war with each other and enslaved each other for hundreds of years. Millions of African slaves died in gold and salt mines in Africa. Google "Slavery in Africa"
EpicHashTime bro what are you talking about there was no slavery in Europe. In Norway, London, and other places there was enslaved Africans. This is before they even discovered the America’s was even in existence. Mid 15th century. They even have proof and paintings of these same Africans from these dates. What you saying about the actual continent between kingdoms and even small Communities is true but this does not negate that there was enslaved Africans in Europe
Yo on some real shit, i have friends that work in real estate and told me that some neighborhoods won't rent to too many black people, not because of racism but because they don't want the property value of that neighborhood to go down, i can believe that!
If I could afford labels or even if I found their stuff for a steal as a bargain basement deal, what Gucci did with the sweater is in your face obvious and why would anyone support them (as if) they aren't a ton of other overpriced designer duds out there you can buy (if the expensive brands are what really matters to you) instead.
Why because is wearing certain kind of cloth..what matters is what you do out of the kindness of your heart and the way you carry yourself. He can be feeding homeless people and helping families that's what God looks at
Why do people think the black dollar is so strong when we own less than 1% of the nation's wealth? 1.3 trillion "consumer" dollars is not the same as 1.3 trillion in capital, just understand that.
Sad part is that black ppl wont stop wearing Gucci. Its sad really the abuse and disrespect black ppl are willing to accept just to wear someone elses name as a status symbol,
When "luxury" items oversaturate the market, they do lose value. Coach, MK etc were considered higher end brands until they made so much of the shit that it wound up in TJ Maxx and what not. Companies are trying to avoid that.
Deon was on to something about them throwing a curve ball to stop us from supporting them. But this brings up a bigger point, it shows how powerful the black dollar is and if we can divert that to our own communities then we can get some stuff crackin but then “they” will rorobably Bonn that too 🤦🏽♂️
Dean isnt effecting the movement by wearing his Gucci. Let's be real, the purpose of having celebs from wearing the Gucci they've already purchased is to stop giving free advertising to the brand. Who's checking for what Dean is wearing? 10 people?
Tommy Hilfiger never said that, they lied on him. Actually he got more into hiphop the more he saw us embrace him. Whoever although Ralph Lauren never showed racism he did not feel that he owed us, though he heavily sees us wear his clothes. To me Polo always had & always will have the best attire period & honestly no one ever influenced his creativity we have actually been inspired by him. But my African American people will we openly admit that Ralph Lauren has influenced us more than we influenced him? Give credit where it's due. We can't be haters he is the one European American who is a beast when it comes to clothing & he doesn't owe anybody an apology for not doing what people want him to do. Me personally I cannot keep up with Gucci and how he showed signs of racism if his clothes are nice go by his clothes people. We're not slaves anymore okay guys? Do you think that the slaves that were freed went out to purchase clothes only from those who they check to make sure weren't racist? People listen we have to stop being petty choose your battles this is not a good battle. There is a real battle going on against Gangster Disciples and Black Disciples in Chicago there is a war going on in Chicago with Vice Lords fighting against Latin Kings. There are Crips killing Crips and bloods killing Bloods and bloods killing Crips and Crips killing Bloods in Los Angeles. There are drug wars in Baltimore and there are Hitman that are trained assassins at very young ages working for drug lords in their communities. They are our youth in my city Washington DC killing anybody they can who gets in their way. There is a generation throughout the South region of this country that you cannot correct without getting a bullet in your skull. We need to learn how to fight our battles people. If you like the stupid shirt wear the shirt. If you don't like the shirt don't wear the shirt. But consider the fact that we are our worst enemies and we should be laughed at because we celebrate murder in our music and then cry about some stupid small-minded stuff that Gucci promoted. The wise thing that we should have done was to make a little small comments and ignored it and treated him like he was small to us his brain is probably big to us but we should have talked about him like he was small minded. Do you honestly think in your right mind that the Japanese and the Chinese who have been getting made fun of for decades care about anything somebody has to say about them? The only true reason why we care so much is because we want everyone's approval and sorry my people we're never going to get everyone's approval. If Robin from Baskin and Robbins ends up saying that he doesn't think little black children are cute afterwards you're going to try to get us to stop eating Baskin and Robbins and you're going to treat us like we're scum of the bottom of the Earth because we ate some Baskin Robbins. We cannot control how everyone feels if these people feel like going out of their way to say how they feel let them they will reap what they sow but be the bigger person to move forward and deal with the weighty matters. A shirt is a small minded topic off the tops. A freaking shirt. No. We're not going to trip off of a shirt. We have been hung from trees. We have been raped and forced to in to labor. A freaking shirt? Are you kidding me? First of all that really truly honestly only offends those who spent all that money. I have nothing Gucci so I'm not in any way offended. And if you were offended then that's on you figure out how to get over your fence because life goes on but you cannot treat people like they have to think the way you think just to be the way that you want him to be. Someone can call me a sucker because I have avoided fights before in my life but then another person can say I'm a gangster because they saw me punch a police officer in the face before once when I was younger. Do you honestly think that either one of those people and their opinions dictate my life? No I have to make my own wise decisions I have to know how to pick and choose my battles everything is not a battle. The Gucci topic is a fail on our part because it was first a fail on his part. My African-American people we are no longer the Civil War fighting type of people any longer we are no more African American who had strong knit families inward focus on living a legal life as upstanding citizens who were just being bullied by the law. We are no longer those people. We Embrace drugs, we embrace the murder of our people in our music and in our culture, we embrace sleeping around with many different women I'm having a bunch of women At our disposal. Stop fronting like we are those same African Americans that we once were we're not we're far from it so stop playing. We love ghetto live and we love ghetto fights you love Worldstar but as soon as somebody corrects us about it we get all upset its time to start being real. What makes it so bad is that I was a part of that stereotype shooting my people stabbing my people sleeping with my women feeding crack cocaine to my people and now I'm going to front? nah...
I guess some ppl gotta buy their self confidence... You can look good in any brand, the problem is when the brand controls how you feel about yourself and others
Gucci has survived and will survive without the "black" dollar I was in Malin one year during fashion week at the Gucci store and befriended an Armenian guy and when the sales lady gave him his total it was $7000 and the one thing I noticed was nothing had a noticeable Gucci G on it....here in the U.S when I go to a Gucci outlet I see more Asians than anything else. So to hear boycott Gucci coming from us is funny af
If they don't want black customers then don't accept black dollars. If they really feel like that then I'd respect them more if did that. Can't "hate" someone but take their money. That makes you a hypocrite whose beliefs can be BOUGHT.
Chattel Slavery started in Europe way b4 it happened in Amerikkka. Vlad is using his white gauge of understanding of racism when he is a Russian white man 🤷🏾♂️how tf he knows what are all the levels of racism and how it looks and feel to black people Globally
2:20 they don't understand what we go through....yeah ok 🙄. A quick search in the library or even Google will show bills aka posters of black face European actor's
We need to make a justice system for offenses against the black people. Some people was fine with the diversity training. Some people are fine with the apologies that Gucci did, some people are not. We have no justice system against these types of events so that's why it may seem like nobody's boycotting anymore.
@@anthonyhenderson3189 I'm just saying us as black people need to make a universal set of codes for how we're going to deal with white people in general and in certain situations. And if the way to deal with white people is to cut them off I'm with it if you with it
There are some who actually are down with us, just look at that part of history that gets ignored. But if we get a hint of anything foul, drop those individuals without remorse, be they a company or person. The issue isn't just black and white, it's blanket and direct.
Italy had slaves. They're depicted in art work from the renaissance era. They even elevated a slave to the status of "saint" within the Catholic church.
People in this comment section really missed the point of his argument. The man laid out 2 arguments. And yes, I’m still boycotting Starbucks, McDonald’s and H&M.
TK didn’t come up with that, it’s was a comedian named Chris “Set It Off Jones” from Alabama who lives in Atlanta. He tours with Hannibal Burress and DL Hugely reposted on instagram. TK did his interview that same week and said as if it was his original thought. He’s very close to DL. Absolutely no way he didn’t see. Anyone FACT CHECK IT.
Those shoes are 500 to look like that... fuck is wrong with people... these high end brands have been will continue to disrepect black people & black culture... just stop spending money in these stores that don't want u in there to begin with
These companies have a duty to hire people that are culturally aware and culturally sensitive when they are selling their products to internationally. There are NO excuses for this level of ignorance.
I absolutely detest hearing " aint no racism like American racism" why do Americans regardless of color try to create a section just for them. In the Caribbean we experienced slavery and racism long before the USA. We just learned to fight against the odds, furthermore it was our descendants who migrated and gave many of the black people the courage to stand up for themselves.
Ive said it before Americans really need to start travelling outside of the US more honestly its cringey and embarrassing to listen to. There is black people all over the world including italy - and shock surprise some even work in offices and huge corporations, madness huh!
Deon Cole has some interesting theories. His theory on Jussie Smollett sounds totally plausible and I think his theory about fashion companies jabbing black support to maintain their brand is interesting as well..
Vlad must be living under a ROCK. Are you not aware of Dolce & Gabbana with China. Google it FFS. Black people would just keep buying Gucci cause there is no pride. Asians are huge on respect and pride and we will boycott for life, not for 3 MONTHS
Who really cares? Wear what you want to wear. Or don’t. Why should you care about people’s opinions of YOUR clothing? Racism has existed before any clothing label anyways
By "Hip-Hop" friends Vladimir means black friends ... By Black friends Vladimir means Lord Jamar....
Rich Harrow that shit funny as hell but true!!!!!
😂👌🏽
Lol naw he talking bout his best friend Mysonne 😂😂
Lol Lord Jamar
word. that was a good one.
'The black dollar is HUUUGE...' yes, in too many of the wrong areas, unfortunately.
If only the money circulated within the community, yall will be in a better position.
@@SB-tp5kp my point, exactly
Them new designer shoes is nothing but Skechers templates with a designer logo... people just hypebeasts
Reido S it shows how fucc’n lost people are in the matrix bro
@@bossattack7105 Soooo fucking lost. You got people that will only wear the classic Jordans and bypass the new Jordans. Because celebrities only wear the classics.
It's a lot of niggas who buy clothes for no other reason than the brand
@@MultiJayjack to be fair general release jordans be trash asf usually
@@brandobee2264 old and new be trash to me. But it's Kool. People can live they life.
This man bought an expensive pair of already dusty shoes lol.
SO digginit check out the shoes by golden goose
They look fucked up in the store tho
Bro golden gooses be looking straight off the power line.. them shits $450+
Will Clinton braaa I just died laughing had to go look them shits up...🤦🏾♂️😂🤣😂
That's the drip now like them margiellas
For the record "Paul Mooney" said that Jesus joke WAY before TK. Love TK but give that credit to Paul!!!
@Cal Grier lol I'm not sure what his sexual preference is but I know he said that way before TK
@Cal Grier tk got a little flame in him to
@Cal Grier With 8 grown ass children,ok.I would even say Paul was bi.
@@midwestjay9459 A little?
Who gives a fuck what Paul is? he's my favorite comedian of all time...
My grandma was born in 1937. She said the same thing. Those companies don't want black people to buy their gear.
On 2Wheels what the hell does she know she was born in 1937 these companies have one goal in mind cash flow
She is right
@@RALPHLAURENISTHEBEST That's why. The people these products are marketed to are the 1% and people flexing Gucci in the E. St Louis, SS Chicago, The bottoms, S LA and elsewhere more than likely bough bootleg shit... That's grannies point.
Listen working for a fortune 20 company they dont care about color race or creed they care about the bottom line that is it
My mom was born in 1937. 1937 was not so long ago. Just saying😊
I grew up seeing rich white folks wearing izod plaid button ups with no under shirt, faded out levi jeans and a pair a monarch Nikes. Gucci ain’t nothing but a status symbol for people with no real status.
Gucci was so heavy in popular rap songs this year, I’m *sure* they did it on purpose. Like when cristal told jay z they didn’t want him to rep their champagne anymore bc he was “urban.” Lol
Facts.. they are tired of taking our money for now.
Cristal made sure to wait after a decade to make that announcement. They gooped the kids!
Feel the same and been telling people that. What's so exclusive about a product if everybody has it.
Yes they had slaves. Slaves were in world trade market at that time.... but no one talks about that 🤫
Jarvis Page ty. I’m sitting here like “Duh Transatlantic slave trade!”
Exactly the discovery of sugar cane increased the demand for slaves so high that Pope Innocent the VIII declared that only people of color could be enslaved bc the Caucasian population was not large enough
Matter of fact African Chattel slavery started in Europe then got brought to the Caribbean then America/New England
Britian once had more slaves than the Americas Portugal and Spain
@@juliusbarb1 you Know what u talking about!!!
I feel like gems where dropped in this one...Good job Deon....the thing theyre missing is the argument that Black people are too forgiving as a race and culture.
Yes we are to forgiving, we are to forgiving the wrong people. When it comes to each other we can hold grudges.
I felt like how they changed the subject on how Fubu and etc wasn't acceptable to wear was a way to distract his 'ignorance'. I mean c'mon, fashion labels come in, and then go out. That's normal.
Bring back Enyce, Triple 5 Soul, Akademics, Lugz, Mecca, LRG, Sean Jean, Rocawear, Fubu, Avirex, Pelle Pelle..
al Wissam, 2 Black Guys, Kani (still in business) twism(shaq clothing line) fj 560
Alot of those brands are still around mugs just not checking for them
I still buy Akademicks, Mecca, LRG, Rocawear and Enyce. Lugs is still around but all I seen were the boots. I’m on the north east coast so those clothes are easy to get over here.
Sean Sav Or you could support one of the hundreds of companies currently in business: from independent companies like Pharonic Brand and Nana Loafers to local folks trying to sell their own t shirts!
Galan 7 Ga La Sees same here bruh. North east coast right here!
Rappers and black people give all these brands free promotion
It may seem like that now but in the long run, they're losing.
Promoting LIKE THEY give a duck bout THESE RAPPERS they brain wash💯
You aint lying
Amazing and sick that Deon Cole has that thought process of those Brands would purposely offend their volume consumers and yet and still he wears and purchased those brands still today. When will we get tired of loving the abusers of US🤦🏾♂️
And he purchased dusty looking shoes on purpose??!? He really is lost
negrilgyrl please Deon is not lost .... you want him to be but look your life and now look at yours!!!!
@@yungheat84 my life is great. How about yours?
negrilgyrl I’m healthy
@@yungheat84 only healthy, huh?
“Silk tailor made I don’t need your name on my back.”
8 ball
Niggas is lost.
Got these bitches mind addicted , to this shit like it was crack
conor calvert aye!😎
4 Virtues 4 Truths ✊🏿
Vlad is basically talking about Black political immaturity and our inability to see things through.
Ori Baraka just like him wearing Gucci even tho it’s old and boycotting. When really he just advertising Gucci even more 🤔
@jc1990wm that's not a trait that's unique to only black people..Americans in general have short attention spans.
Gucci is playing both sides of the fence.
So much ignorance in this clip ...🙄
#facts
Facts
C'mon bruh... like they don't have a research and development department...
Dude, the world doesn't give a fck about America's history and its sensitivity. It is what it is man
This is exactly why you do not follow celebrities. They need to read the newspaper and history. This is an embarrassment. Vlad knows exactly what he is doing by asking these questions.
Take a good look. Every one that looks like you is not on your side.
de de damn right he’s blaming people’s inability to innovate in black folks. If the black dollar was so big they’d respect it. Niggas ain’t got no money. We set the trends but we do r fill your pockets shit we don’t make the rappers rich. It’s just fucking racism/white supremacy. And just because I don’t have a Pickett sighn doesn’t mean I’ll drink Starbucks cuz I won’t. Bruh up here soft shoein right now.
facts,
@@justenrobinson433 We actually have a ton of money. Black people just spend it on bullshit while other races invest.
They did have slavery all around Europe vlad.. it started in Europe before they discovered the Americas
No, there was no slavery in Europe. Slavery was a big business in Africa at the time. African kingdoms were at war with each other and enslaved each other for hundreds of years. Millions of African slaves died in gold and salt mines in Africa. Google "Slavery in Africa"
@@EpicHashTime BS.
EpicHashTime bro what are you talking about there was no slavery in Europe. In Norway, London, and other places there was enslaved Africans. This is before they even discovered the America’s was even in existence. Mid 15th century. They even have proof and paintings of these same Africans from these dates. What you saying about the actual continent between kingdoms and even small
Communities is true but this does not negate that there was enslaved Africans in Europe
ELM Fitness slavery has been on six of the seven continents.
Renegade Musik I didn’t say it wasnt
Words Like "Beenie" & "Hip-Hop Friends" got you for "Vulture Of The Year" Front- Runner ..
The End
Why does this not have more upvotes? Shit is the truth.
Yo on some real shit, i have friends that work in real estate and told me that some neighborhoods won't rent to too many black people, not because of racism but because they don't want the property value of that neighborhood to go down, i can believe that!
Moneyatti>Gucci
Also The Moors were in dominance of Europe for 800 years. Look it up.
If i get rich I'll never wear name brands.
Mike ADHD I was thinking the same I would have all my stuff customized just for me
High fashion or name brand ?
Y’all already wearing name brand lol
Yes you would. Stop lying to yourself for likes on youtube
@@m.u.b.u4l50 No I grew up with 50 foster siblings and was adopted twice. No need go flash 1000$ plus clothing when kids are hungry
@@MikeADHD Im not saying thats where all your money would go.
Them Gucci’s leaning like a kick stand bruh!
Lol
Gucci is actually trying to sell an old looking shoe for $800
Most 95% of these designer companies you’re just playing for the name.
This dude making excuses. Bro you know what you doing.
If I could afford labels or even if I found their stuff for a steal as a bargain basement deal, what Gucci did with the sweater is in your face obvious and why would anyone support them (as if) they aren't a ton of other overpriced designer duds out there you can buy (if the expensive brands are what really matters to you) instead.
"Ain't no racism like America-racism"... He just said it like he's proud.. That's one title America can keep tho' 💯
So disappointed in this guy.....
Very!
Oh well lol can't save everyone
Why because is wearing certain kind of cloth..what matters is what you do out of the kindness of your heart and the way you carry yourself. He can be feeding homeless people and helping families that's what God looks at
Angel Solis oh shit up fool....
Why do people think the black dollar is so strong when we own less than 1% of the nation's wealth? 1.3 trillion "consumer" dollars is not the same as 1.3 trillion in capital, just understand that.
Deion gave them an out they knew exactly what they was doing
*Lmao exactly. That nigga low-key tap dancing.*
Creux he soft shoe’n a lil but it ain’t a full tap
" I told Deon Cole to buy those shoes so he can have something to kick around in"
T.K. Kirkland
He's right. I also think that once black peeps start wearing a brand, that the brand cant keep up. You know we want something new eryday
exactly... I don't know what these poeple in the comments are talking about... Deon is exactly right
The black dollar is huge, the black mentality and self worth is nothing
Sad part is that black ppl wont stop wearing Gucci. Its sad really the abuse and disrespect black ppl are willing to accept just to wear someone elses name as a status symbol,
Russel Simmons told you all that the major fashion houses bankrupt the black owned companies 😱
Stop making excuses because you don't want to make a stand!
When "luxury" items oversaturate the market, they do lose value. Coach, MK etc were considered higher end brands until they made so much of the shit that it wound up in TJ Maxx and what not. Companies are trying to avoid that.
Deon was on to something about them throwing a curve ball to stop us from supporting them. But this brings up a bigger point, it shows how powerful the black dollar is and if we can divert that to our own communities then we can get some stuff crackin but then “they” will rorobably Bonn that too 🤦🏽♂️
Imagine Black people stop wearing Nike?
I wonder if Gucci Mane has to drop the Gucci from his name for the culture✊
kindley fernand no. He isn’t named after the brand.
I wouldn’t even know most of these high ends brands if it wasn’t for these rap songs
Versace.. Versace Versace.. Versace Versace... Versace
Biggie taught me brands I never heard of.
Smart theory seriously....great interview
Really was.. The conversation there having, I never looked at it that way.
Already miss knocc out ;(
Fr fr fr😂😂😂
Dean isnt effecting the movement by wearing his Gucci. Let's be real, the purpose of having celebs from wearing the Gucci they've already purchased is to stop giving free advertising to the brand. Who's checking for what Dean is wearing? 10 people?
Tommy Hilfiger never said that, they lied on him. Actually he got more into hiphop the more he saw us embrace him. Whoever although Ralph Lauren never showed racism he did not feel that he owed us, though he heavily sees us wear his clothes. To me Polo always had & always will have the best attire period & honestly no one ever influenced his creativity we have actually been inspired by him. But my African American people will we openly admit that Ralph Lauren has influenced us more than we influenced him? Give credit where it's due. We can't be haters he is the one European American who is a beast when it comes to clothing & he doesn't owe anybody an apology for not doing what people want him to do. Me personally I cannot keep up with Gucci and how he showed signs of racism if his clothes are nice go by his clothes people. We're not slaves anymore okay guys? Do you think that the slaves that were freed went out to purchase clothes only from those who they check to make sure weren't racist? People listen we have to stop being petty choose your battles this is not a good battle. There is a real battle going on against Gangster Disciples and Black Disciples in Chicago there is a war going on in Chicago with Vice Lords fighting against Latin Kings. There are Crips killing Crips and bloods killing Bloods and bloods killing Crips and Crips killing Bloods in Los Angeles. There are drug wars in Baltimore and there are Hitman that are trained assassins at very young ages working for drug lords in their communities. They are our youth in my city Washington DC killing anybody they can who gets in their way. There is a generation throughout the South region of this country that you cannot correct without getting a bullet in your skull. We need to learn how to fight our battles people. If you like the stupid shirt wear the shirt. If you don't like the shirt don't wear the shirt. But consider the fact that we are our worst enemies and we should be laughed at because we celebrate murder in our music and then cry about some stupid small-minded stuff that Gucci promoted. The wise thing that we should have done was to make a little small comments and ignored it and treated him like he was small to us his brain is probably big to us but we should have talked about him like he was small minded. Do you honestly think in your right mind that the Japanese and the Chinese who have been getting made fun of for decades care about anything somebody has to say about them? The only true reason why we care so much is because we want everyone's approval and sorry my people we're never going to get everyone's approval. If Robin from Baskin and Robbins ends up saying that he doesn't think little black children are cute afterwards you're going to try to get us to stop eating Baskin and Robbins and you're going to treat us like we're scum of the bottom of the Earth because we ate some Baskin Robbins. We cannot control how everyone feels if these people feel like going out of their way to say how they feel let them they will reap what they sow but be the bigger person to move forward and deal with the weighty matters. A shirt is a small minded topic off the tops. A freaking shirt. No. We're not going to trip off of a shirt. We have been hung from trees. We have been raped and forced to in to labor. A freaking shirt? Are you kidding me? First of all that really truly honestly only offends those who spent all that money. I have nothing Gucci so I'm not in any way offended. And if you were offended then that's on you figure out how to get over your fence because life goes on but you cannot treat people like they have to think the way you think just to be the way that you want him to be. Someone can call me a sucker because I have avoided fights before in my life but then another person can say I'm a gangster because they saw me punch a police officer in the face before once when I was younger. Do you honestly think that either one of those people and their opinions dictate my life? No I have to make my own wise decisions I have to know how to pick and choose my battles everything is not a battle. The Gucci topic is a fail on our part because it was first a fail on his part. My African-American people we are no longer the Civil War fighting type of people any longer we are no more African American who had strong knit families inward focus on living a legal life as upstanding citizens who were just being bullied by the law. We are no longer those people. We Embrace drugs, we embrace the murder of our people in our music and in our culture, we embrace sleeping around with many different women I'm having a bunch of women At our disposal. Stop fronting like we are those same African Americans that we once were we're not we're far from it so stop playing. We love ghetto live and we love ghetto fights you love Worldstar but as soon as somebody corrects us about it we get all upset its time to start being real. What makes it so bad is that I was a part of that stereotype shooting my people stabbing my people sleeping with my women feeding crack cocaine to my people and now I'm going to front? nah...
I guess some ppl gotta buy their self confidence... You can look good in any brand, the problem is when the brand controls how you feel about yourself and others
rod Colt damn I haven’t liked or agreed on RUclips this much in my life the smart people came to this post I see💯💯💯
Gucci has survived and will survive without the "black" dollar I was in Malin one year during fashion week at the Gucci store and befriended an Armenian guy and when the sales lady gave him his total it was $7000 and the one thing I noticed was nothing had a noticeable Gucci G on it....here in the U.S when I go to a Gucci outlet I see more Asians than anything else. So to hear boycott Gucci coming from us is funny af
What is it about GUCCI that make people want it so bad
Exclusivity and quality of craftsmanship for most... stunning on broke ass niggas for us
"Tommy Hillfinger"😅😅😅 4:20
If they don't want black customers then don't accept black dollars. If they really feel like that then I'd respect them more if did that. Can't "hate" someone but take their money. That makes you a hypocrite whose beliefs can be BOUGHT.
Chattel Slavery started in Europe way b4 it happened in Amerikkka. Vlad is using his white gauge of understanding of racism when he is a Russian white man 🤷🏾♂️how tf he knows what are all the levels of racism and how it looks and feel to black people Globally
Deon - “ I’ve had these shoes before the boycott”
Vlad - I can see that
He is a walking contradiction
2:20 they don't understand what we go through....yeah ok 🙄. A quick search in the library or even Google will show bills aka posters of black face European actor's
@Cal Grier Dude that was very racist
@Cal Grier Dude I seen niggas how tf was I supposed to know
I haven't bought Starbucks since the Philly incident.
We need to make a justice system for offenses against the black people. Some people was fine with the diversity training. Some people are fine with the apologies that Gucci did, some people are not. We have no justice system against these types of events so that's why it may seem like nobody's boycotting anymore.
The justice system is to cut them off for good.
@@anthonyhenderson3189 I'm just saying us as black people need to make a universal set of codes for how we're going to deal with white people in general and in certain situations. And if the way to deal with white people is to cut them off I'm with it if you with it
There are some who actually are down with us, just look at that part of history that gets ignored. But if we get a hint of anything foul, drop those individuals without remorse, be they a company or person. The issue isn't just black and white, it's blanket and direct.
“My hip hop friends”
A ad with Deon Cole popped up before i watched this
Is it just me? Or does Deon Cole have a a slightly GAY twang?
Exactly I dont see it in his standup but i definately feel it in this interview 😒
Hmmmm....interesting, I guess it takes one to know one huh??? Always going the homophobic route, SMH....
Italy had slaves. They're depicted in art work from the renaissance era. They even elevated a slave to the status of "saint" within the Catholic church.
Gucci wants money...black people boycotting them doesn't even reflect on their bottom line
I have no intentions on spending that much on any label, I get bored too easy..... #FRFR
This is pure truth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
People in this comment section really missed the point of his argument. The man laid out 2 arguments. And yes, I’m still boycotting Starbucks, McDonald’s and H&M.
TK didn’t come up with that, it’s was a comedian named Chris “Set It Off Jones” from Alabama who lives in Atlanta. He tours with Hannibal Burress and DL Hugely reposted on instagram. TK did his interview that same week and said as if it was his original thought. He’s very close to DL. Absolutely no way he didn’t see. Anyone FACT CHECK IT.
he cappn nigga would not have made that story up if he aint peep the shoes out 😔
Those shoes are 500 to look like that... fuck is wrong with people... these high end brands have been will continue to disrepect black people & black culture... just stop spending money in these stores that don't want u in there to begin with
Fuck that and I'm wearing my Gucci glasses now 😎
I didn't know this: Starbucks closing all the stores 4 a day is a big deal.The most sincere apology i heard in recent years !!!!! I accept.
Looks like he been holding on to dem Gucci's lol
These companies have a duty to hire people that are culturally aware and culturally sensitive when they are selling their products to internationally. There are NO excuses for this level of ignorance.
Just like the premise of "white flight" in neighborhoods . Deon on to something..never thought of that..
I absolutely detest hearing " aint no racism like American racism" why do Americans regardless of color try to create a section just for them. In the Caribbean we experienced slavery and racism long before the USA. We just learned to fight against the odds, furthermore it was our descendants who migrated and gave many of the black people the courage to stand up for themselves.
lol these guys saying there's no racism in Europe is laughable. How many soccer games do they toss banana at black players? Happens every year
Not me, Papa Johns, Star Bucks, Waffle House, etc etc, are dead to me...lol
Ive said it before Americans really need to start travelling outside of the US more honestly its cringey and embarrassing to listen to. There is black people all over the world including italy - and shock surprise some even work in offices and huge corporations, madness huh!
Anyone else wonder why Katy Perry was added into the category with Burberry Gucci & H&M @ 4:41 ?
Look it up
Deon Cole , has some very plausible theories
I smell butter biscuits 🤔
Deon Cole has some interesting theories. His theory on Jussie Smollett sounds totally plausible and I think his theory about fashion companies jabbing black support to maintain their brand is interesting as well..
Deception is a character flaw. Clothes can deceive everyone you come across. It can also put people in high places... in their minds!
DIGG73RD 🎯
?nobody in the middle east is "black". a lot of people in iran, jordan, lebanon...are actually as light skinned as western europeans.
A big name brand disrespected the Asian community and they shut that shit down burned their products n everything
His character is devalued
Why the fuck is the audio so low on every Vlad video nowadays
The whole interview, in every piece he agrees and repeats everything Vlad says. Annoying
Vlad must be living under a ROCK. Are you not aware of Dolce & Gabbana with China. Google it FFS. Black people would just keep buying Gucci cause there is no pride. Asians are huge on respect and pride and we will boycott for life, not for 3 MONTHS
Vlad: Who still boycotts Starbucks?
Keith Sweat:
Nobody
@jc1990wm what did Papa John do? Show me on this doll.
I have NEVER anything like this but it makes so much sense....hmmm
Lmao 4:25 he said Tommy Hilfinga with a straight face ... probably called it that so long he didn't even realize 😂
Nah it’s still f Starbucks for me at least
Excuses for what you want to do. I rather you be honest and mention that you know a person is against you but yet still can appreciate their apparel.
NOBODY IS SAYING BOYCOTT KERING...BLACK FOLKS FOREVER LOST.
Racism and discrimination is not unique to the US... they know! They fucking know!
Damn I even forgot why Starbucks was being shutdown for a day
WoW......I started this video and the first thing I saw was Deon Coles Old Spice commercial......lol
I disagree with Deon
Who really cares? Wear what you want to wear. Or don’t. Why should you care about people’s opinions of YOUR clothing? Racism has existed before any clothing label anyways