What does an American Look like? From my Travels most young people
around the
world are try very hard to emulate American styles from Fashion to
Music and
food. When I was in Paris All the Algerian homeboys were heavy into
the hip
hop culture heavy, listening to Rap music and wearing Nikes and break
danncing
under the Effile Tower? When I would travel to Jamaica More then ten
years ago
I used to go to people homes Listen to Reggae in the dark and smoke
pot, I
returned here recently are now those same people watch cable MTV2 and
listen
to DMX and smoke crack. I was just in the Dominican Republic for
three months,
and the majority the people there are obsessed with American urban
fashions.
Most of them looked more urban than my friends Bronx. AS a matter of
fact, the
more I dressed in the fashion of the hip hop culture the more people
thought I
was indigenous to the island !! (It did help that I was really tan) I
wear
American football replica jerseys and baseball caps all the time, not
because I
want to be included in the Hip Hop world but because I actually like
sports,
The more I dressed like a homeboy every one thought I was Dominican
even the
Dominicans. I would walk into discos and the doormen would be shocked
that I
wasn't Dominican. I would be wearing Indianapolis Colts Jersey,
really How
many Domincans know who Peyton Manning is? They would speak to me in
their
rapid patios Spanish and when I would reply in my mangled attempt at
Spanish
they would really bug out. You want my advise on how not to look like
an
American, just dress like the Germans, They wear socks with sandals
and
Speedos.
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