Rich White People and Rich Black People

I LOVE studying people. But these one here leaves me stumped.

(Some) of my rich white friends are very different from (most) of my rich black friends.

These chaps (the white ones) come from very established families and are rather wealthy. But their material possessions are very basic. The parents drive basic manual cars with wind down windows. The kids will gladly grab a taxi or bodaboda yet they could easily make use of one of the many staff cars at daddy's workplace. They got basic mobile phones and arent too bothered by a tablet computer. That basic laptop with stickers from high school still running windows xp will suffice. And their TV's are CRT, not LED. At the bar, its a beer. In some random billabong teeshirt and Levi's and chuck taylors.

At home they got lots of books. And travel magazines.

The black ones, oh boy, where do I start. Taxi? Rather be shot dead. A phone that isnt touch or internet enabled and you have ear marked him for suicide. The house must have exotic furnishings, LED screen(s), plush leather seats etc... the works. going out? Umm...cocktails or a bottle of celebrity endorsed liquor...hopefully in the VIP area. Clothing must be labelled.

At home, little or no presence of books (I'm not being funny, very real.)

I asked my rich white friend, why is that so. He says he doesnt know. He was never brought up to indulge in much materialism... but I know its not a case of him alone. I see it in most of them.

But he said he THINKS its cause white folk dont need to "prove" themselves social status or otherwise, but black people always seem to want to prove themselves, social status or otherwise.

Anybody else noticed this? Whats your take?