Bootleg Anyone?

A familiarity in New York City is the contrabrand goods available on street corners with the street vendors calling out prices for their wares...bargaining to sell their products as fast as they can. Even on the Subways, it is no different. DVDs of recent Blockbuster releases are sold at a low price..the Asian lady walks through the crowd flashing the DVDs. She makes her way through the subway cars and usually sells them for $10. I find this hustler mentality intoxicating but at the same time highly disturbing. It is clearly illegal in every sense but generally accepted; I guess in this case our morals take a backseat so that we can enjoy a movie for a price difference of $3.00 and some change.

Another instance is when young Black males get on the train with candy boxes for sale at $1. They say it is for "Fundraising" but I find that hard to believe. At any rate, more power to anyone hustling to make a dollar. These are the sightings that I witness on the subway...I sometimes wonder what Life is like for them outside the subway.


Love,

Jennifer