Out-of-control consumerism is unhealthy. But to answer your question, most black men 30 years ago would agree to spoil their children by overspending money on their clothes, but if you remove them from their homes, put them on child support then roll out an aggressive marking campaign directed at single mothers, to spend on them, then not only does it become easier for them to get them to buy, but when the kids grow up they will become indoctrinated in the same system passing it off black culture.