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I'm hoping we can open up a discussion here about the attachment that some skiers have to black, inner city culture. At the surface, the appropriation of clothing style and manners of speech is fun and harmless. That being said, I am wondering what you guys consider to be some of the underlying motives behind this? Does this portrayal add some sense of legitimacy to the sport? Is it just a reflection of a wider interest in inner city, urban culture on the part of white males?
I'm also interested in what people think about All Star Haynes. I enjoyed his stuff in last year's final episode of freeskitv. His lyrics are fun and whatnot, but is his talent being used by the ski industry to create a closer link to urban culture? That is, do we feel cooler now that an actual black person is rapping about the sport we know and the characters who permeate it?
My interest isn't in taking a moral higher ground here, or to come across as an intellectual snob. I'm just hoping an interesting discussion might develop from some of these talking points.
