Why do kids throw old tennis shoes over the telephone wires on the street?

because they are ghetto and do not care about how their neighborhood looks.

Why do kids throw old tennis shoes over the telephone wires on the street?
In hood culture (as with any other culture) there are things people do to symbolize growth and development into the next stage of life. The shoes over the power lines represented multiple things depending on where you were. In Chicago some people throw the shoes of people who the victims of gang violence over the wire to symbolize them passing away and in Miami when a child outgrew their old sneakers they would toss those over the wire to let everyone know they grew up. A lot of the explanations of course would be urban legend and vary from hood to hood and person. If you wanna know what it means somewhere where you are find someone who is willing to let you know.
Reply:This ritual is yet another tradition, bastardized by ignorance.


Back in the day, throwing the shoes on the wires happened when:





1. When people with any type of major street cred died or moved.


2. When a rival gang member killed someone in your gang, they would use that as a message.





These days, people just do it out of ignorance. Basically, the Hip Hop culture needs to be carefully taught. There is so much rich culture to be learned.





That's how I feel



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