Comments on: Cristal Champagne and Jay-Z http://www.phillipginn.com/index.php/cristal-champagne-and-jay-z Phillip Ginn - artist, writer, musician, educator Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:40:52 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Sherri http://www.phillipginn.com/index.php/cristal-champagne-and-jay-z/comment-page-1#comment-35552 Sherri Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:07:09 +0000 http://www.legendhouse.com/?p=92#comment-35552 I am delighted to see that there are some reasonable voices being raised in this story. I too, read that article very carefully and found NOTHING racist about it. Indeed, it was the writer, Gideon Rachman who raised these questions, which, have been discussed in private by many people both in the luxury business and outside of it. Perhaps the question is "How do you feel about how your product is displaced in various Hip-Hop videos? What do you think about the behavior in those videos? Is is enhancing the image of your centuries long business?" I can certainly imagine questions along those lines being debated privately. Perhaps some less charitable ones as well. I think that people very often confuse race with class. I think that is part of what is going on here. I also suspect this is about taste and refinement, being a TRUE connoisseur, and having true appreciation for these things. Perhaps the author danced around the obvious: You CANNOT buy class. Either you have it or you don't. I am delighted to see that there are some reasonable voices being raised in this story. I too, read that article very carefully and found NOTHING racist about it. Indeed, it was the writer, Gideon Rachman who raised these questions, which, have been discussed in private by many people both in the luxury business and outside of it. Perhaps the question is “How do you feel about how your product is displaced in various Hip-Hop videos? What do you think about the behavior in those videos? Is is enhancing the image of your centuries long business?” I can certainly imagine questions along those lines being debated privately. Perhaps some less charitable ones as well.

I think that people very often confuse race with class. I think that is part of what is going on here. I also suspect this is about taste and refinement, being a TRUE connoisseur, and having true appreciation for these things.

Perhaps the author danced around the obvious: You CANNOT buy class. Either you have it or you don’t.

]]> By: Melina http://www.phillipginn.com/index.php/cristal-champagne-and-jay-z/comment-page-1#comment-24709 Melina Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:57:05 +0000 http://www.legendhouse.com/?p=92#comment-24709 very interesting. i'm adding in RSS Reader very interesting. i’m adding in RSS Reader

]]> By: TeeJay http://www.phillipginn.com/index.php/cristal-champagne-and-jay-z/comment-page-1#comment-24203 TeeJay Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:15:11 +0000 http://www.legendhouse.com/?p=92#comment-24203 All I can say remember what happened to Tommy's sales, I just stopped wearing his jeans and never bought anouther pair a few months later his retail outlet in my city closed down. All I can say remember what happened to Tommy’s sales, I just stopped wearing his jeans and never bought anouther pair a few months later his retail outlet in my city closed down.

]]>