The Rise of the NBA Nerd

In the article "The Rise of the NBA Nerd", by Wesley Morris he talks about a lot of different things that made it a little harder to catch onto the major point that Morris may have been trying to get across. I personally think that Morris' main point was to say that things have drastically changed over the years. Dressing nice was once looked at as being nerdy and was an open invitation to being bullied, as he gave an example of Carlton Banks from the "Fresh Prince of Bell-Air". Carlton was constantly picked on by Will because he was "such a nerd" because he was smart and they way he dressed. But, like Wesley stated, Will actually learned a lot from Carlton. I think Wesley was saying that dressing nice especially for African Americans was looked at funny since people thought of them as not having money, and it was almost like a culture shock when Carlton played this part. He's trying to tell us that the black culture is so stereotyped and we see what we've heard it to be, so it abnormal for us to see a tie incorporated into the wardrobe. These NBA players are showing that they are successful and they can dress successful and professional too. Everyone looks at them as these basketball players and only see them in their uniform, but they can be professional too and look sophisticated. What we wear can have a huge affect on society in our lives. Even for me, I've noticed it. On the first day of college, people talked about if you dressed up for class you would get looked at weird. What we wear tells a lot about who we are or what we may be feeling that day. We have accusations about people's clothes all the time. I am a firm believer that what we wear can have an argument, but I don't think that it's right always. Someone who wears nicer things isn't necessarily always rich and someone who does not dress up doesn't mean they are poor or any less educated as someone who does.