Laws are being passed across the country against wearing sagging pants in public. Is this another form of racism or a serious effort to clean up society?
Several years ago the National Basketball Association implemented an extremely unpopular dress code, and you did not have to be a rocket scientist to know that the target was African American basketball players.…
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26 - Clavos
Not one single typo!!!!
Not one single misspelling disguised as a typo (well, except for "nite nite," but we can let that one pass on the grounds that it's almost an accepted alternate spelling)!
Not even an "off course!"
Congratulations, Zedd!!!
See, you can do it!
(Now, if we can just do something about the pop psychology....)
27 - moonraven
Now if clavos could, like The Scarecrow, find someone to give him a brain....
28 - Cindy D
Actually, "nite" is perfectly acceptable for informal use. You can find in most any current dictionary.
29 - Zedd
Clavos,
Now if you could only do something about growing your tiny mind, we would all be in business.
I'm pulling for ya lady.
Oops I meant to say lad. Darn it!! Rattunspakinoobligosh!!! That would mean I cant be in your super cool club can I Cleavage? Where is that rope!!! I mean what to do?!!! Spelling errors in the day of free spell checkers.... What can be done??? Oh the wind doth roar loudly mocking my great distress. I would search the globe but there is a war in the East. Wherein shall I find the answer? Alas, I shall ponder upon it another year, while in distress off course, I mean offcourse, decrying oh damn thee third grade teacher! Course the phonics!!! A major pock to the daughter of romance, oh Latin, you allusive tart!!
OOH new episode on HGTV!
30 - Zedd
Oh darn it I missed MR's comment. Now it looks like I copied!
or
It could mean that it's more than apparent that Clav needs a little help in the noggin department.
Oh another dilemma. Which is it? If only The Wise Men could make this yet another great trek to impart their knowledge and untie this knot.
Boy minutia is fun. Thanks Clav. I'll do this more often.
Let's see...
My pen won't write. Oh Beelzebub, thou doth spit your empty venom on the parchment of life at will. But I have developed an immunity to your sting. I have purchased an entire box of writing tools, carefully awaiting your strike. Foiled is your attempt. I write again!
Oh you don't accept checks?
Alas the plastic sword! Savior of man. Platinum goddess, she waves........ (I mean four dots)
31 - Clavos
"Oh darn it I missed MR's comment"
...And the point.
32 - Zedd
That's alright Clav.
I'll throw you a misspelled word and punctuation error frequently enough to keep you alert.
dot dot dot dot
33 - Clavos
Which wasn't the point, Zedd, but never mind.
You don't have to "throw" any misspellings or other grammatical errors my way, Zedd, all you have to do is keep posting; it'll happen without you even being aware of it.
34 - Cindy D
Fat plumbers had better avoid west Trenton, NJ.
35 - mexicanlakerfan
well i hate all the stupid preps they are just a bunch of show offs who just care about their clothes man who gives a fuck i hardly sag but fuck that new preppy look fuckin posers i still be doing like in the hood fuck suburbian i still be wearing them 2XL tall pro 5's and baggy south pole pants with chucks with fat lasses and new era LA caps mutha fuckers so fuck all you suburbian wanna be ghetto faggots
36 - Tironius
Its amazing how dumbfucks like "Moveable Feast" cannot separate the behavior from the person, meaning that jackasses who expose their repugnant body to the public do so because it is their culture. Horseshit. This writer EXPECTS blacks to behave like jackasses, ACCEPTS it, and then says their horrible behavior is some kind of right. I can't walk around with my cock out, but if I do I'll claim its my right "to expression," though the words "right to expression" are not anywhere in the Constitution, and if they were, exposing yourself isn't expression of anything.
37 - me
hi
38 - missladyk
i think sagging pants should be legal in the whole country
39 - Jonny
I would like to say somthing on this topic of banning baggy clothes, QUIT WHINING, if you cant see it then how do you know it is there, there are some pants made exactly dfor the baggy look, any way it is what defines us clothing is what gives the right to express our feelings and our pride, i think the adults should stick to there stuff about the war and leave kids alone cause remember we are the future, oh and by the way for those people who say that kids with baggy pants are thugs and dropp outs well your wrong i am a 16 year in my senior year of high school and my pants sag and i am proud of it cause it is very comfortable. Thank you for time
40 - MJB
i believe that if kids want to walk around with there pants below the waist they should be able to no matter what race.
41 - Mydnyte
Johnny... I just want to know what "feelings" are expressed when sagging pants? And to the editor, you're a little racist. I am a white 17 year old, I sag my pants, half the time out of habit. Also, I've seen white people around here get the ticket for sagging. And everyone, think about this; maybe sagging started many different ways in many different areas. I've heard the prison "offering" one, I've heard the prison "over sized clothes" one, I've heard the "hand me down" one, but one not mentioned yet, is it was started people hiding their guns in the pants. If the pants are sagging, the handle of the gun won't rub against your stomach. Other than all that, good job to all of you for not typing like idiots, using "idk" "u" or anything like that
42 - flashpoint77nyc
Black Americans have always been at the cutting edge, in music, sports, and (without question) in
fashion. However, this hip hop cuture and/or jail
mentality is somehow mixed into this psuedo hyper masculine identity that has no value whatsoever.
It's also masking a sub-culture of men who prefer
other men, but don't want to labeled as gay. The
so-called homo-thug can blend easily into this
"culture". Gay's on the other hand have been
victimized by the so-called hard core hip hoppers,
while thier counterparts enjoy a sublime duality
within this community. A man, whether gay or straight shouldn't be judged on the basis of his
clothing. It is a man's "character" that defines
him. It's really bazaar when a man's arched and
manicured eyebrows are frowning because he is
insecure about his masculinity. Grow up, be yourself and stop acting like somebody else.
43 - flashpoint77nyc
Black Americans have always been at the cutting edge, in music, sports, and (without question) in
fashion. However, this hip hop cuture and/or jail
mentality is somehow mixed into this psuedo hyper masculine identity that has no value whatsoever.
It's also masking a sub-culture of men who prefer
other men, but don't want to labeled as gay. The
so-called homo-thug can blend easily into this
"culture". Gay's on the other hand have been
victimized by the so-called hard core hip hoppers,
while thier counterparts enjoy a sublime duality
within this community. A man, whether gay or straight shouldn't be judged on the basis of his
clothing. It is a man's "character" that defines
him. It's really bazaar when a man's arched and
manicured eyebrows are frowning because he is
insecure about his masculinity. Grow up, be yourself and stop acting like somebody else.
44 - david
I don't see the point of saggin pant at all... ok..we all know sagging pants started in prisons..so what...why would you sagging your pants if you are not in prison?
45 - SKEETE
Just so you all know, Sagging started in the 80's
When Immagrants, and poor americans moved into what we call ghettos. It was a simple process of buying big clothes so they would last longer, since know one had money to buy clothes all the time. Its that simple, Why it got so big, You just have to ask the same people that think super tight clothes is a fad
46 - The Black Critic
If only they spent more time fighting teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, gang violence, dead beat dads, high school drop out rates, poverty, etc. as hard and passionately as they fight sagging pants. Who needs the NAACP when you can have a Black Fashion Police Department battling to uplift the Black community?
47 - Daniel
To say this is only a fashion statement or that this is a youthful rebellion only shows how out of touch some people are with reallty. These youth are being set up as future outcast and failures, only a fool would believe anything different. You will not be taken serious dressing this way nor should you be. I could go on and on about how this impacts a young mans future, his thinking, and now many young black females who have adopted this crap but what would be the point when whom ever wrote this artcle has no understanding of obstacles we black men face and this is one more bull shit thing we don't need!!!
48 - kel
it started in prison and was to identify who was Gay
49 - larod
why it always got to be black people
50 - John
This has gotten way out of Control. Young Men of every Race should have More Respect for Themselves and Everyone Else. Is it right for These Young Men to Impose Their Taste in Fashion on me and the Other People of this Country.It's wrong to make Laws that have No Bounds, But this is Something that All Young Men should think about and Understand that Showing Your Rear-ends and having Young Girls and Women in the Presence of this Disrespect,and to some could be Concidered Un-Healthy . We Teach Our kids to not show Themselves to Anyone and to Tell if Someone does so to them. What is so different about Sagging Pants,this could very well be Viewed in Some Ways as a Sexual Assault on Multipal Persons . This is a Problem that should be Stopped and Viewed as Indecent and as Assault on Others. Offenders should be Punished . Think of your
Mother,Grand-Mother,Daughter,Sister,Aunt. How do you feel about them being Visually Assaulted in Public all to Save a Fashion Statement.