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why aren't all 5 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Supported
Dapper Dan: Gucci copied his 1980s Diane Dixon jacket design
“Gucci created this jacket that I created in the eighties for Diane Dixon.”
Dapper Dan Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 1:02:52 Making Culture, Making Influence -- Dapper Dan in Silicon Valley
Assertion Supported
Dapper Dan: Sonia Sotomayor represented Fendi during a raid on his store
“Sotomayor. Anybody know who she is? Sotomayor. She's a Supreme Court Justice. At this time, she's working for Fendi, as one of the lawyers for Fendi's. She comes in the store with the team.”
Dapper Dan Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 55:53 Making Culture, Making Influence -- Dapper Dan in Silicon Valley
Assertion Partly supported
Dapper Dan: Luxury brands forced MTV to blur his custom clothing
“They go to Ted Demme and tell Ted Demme, if you show anything that Dapper Dan wears, we're not advertising with you. And that's when you start seeing the blur on what the rappers was wearing.”
Dapper Dan Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 53:37 Making Culture, Making Influence -- Dapper Dan in Silicon Valley
Assertion Supported
Dapper Dan: Louis Vuitton x Supreme show attendees received note crediting him
“When Supreme made the partnership with Louis Vuitton, when they initiated The line, and everybody attending the show was issued a letter stating, ah, I want y'all to hear this in the back, stating that this whole collection is inspired by Dapper Dapper.”
Dapper Dan Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 1:07:10 Making Culture, Making Influence -- Dapper Dan in Silicon Valley
Assertion Supported
Dapper Dan: Father was born in 1898 to a formerly enslaved father
“My father was born in 1898. That's 33 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. My father's father was born a slave and later free.”
Dapper Dan Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 5:10 Making Culture, Making Influence -- Dapper Dan in Silicon Valley
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