> Blacks do not mind spending considerable amounts on expensive fashion items such
> as car detailing ("car pride"), sneakers or hairdo.
OK. I'll grant you that, if you grant me the unsubstantiated claim that the segment of the white working class which still enjoys disposable income, still has access to consumer credit, is not drowning in an underwater mortgage, etcetera "do not mind spending considerable amounts on expensive" toys with electrical motors, like riding mowers, ATV's, dirt bikes, and jacked-up 4x4's. Plus all those costly splurges on aluminum siding, excursions to the tanning bed, peroxide hairdos for the ladies, weekend getaways to casinos, tickets to MMA/WWF/monster truck extravaganzas, etcetera. Don't know about their preferred smartphone brand though. Maybe if Joe Bageant were still alive we could inquire.