In light of the latest "sagging" incident where the young man was put off a flight because he refused to pull his pants up, I wanted to give my view on this. So, maybe I should have entitled this one, "Some Black folks are going to get mad about what I'm going to say!"
Saggin' is a trend that I HATE! All you parents who don't mind or defend your kids (because I've actually seen a few girls doing it too) wearing droopy pants, all I can say is, "Child, please!"
The fact of the matter is that saggin' began in prison and it was not a "hip" or fashionable thing to do; it was for men to let it be known that they were "available". A lot of kids (and their parents) know this and yet, don't seem to mind walking around this way.
I recall a few months ago (in some city I can't remember) a chapter of the NAACP wanted to protest and scream "racial profiling" becase government in that city wanted to (or already did) pass a law against "saggin". The NAACP felt the law was unfairly targeting Blacks. Well, a got news for you; I've seen White kids, Black kids; Asian kids; Latin kids...I could go on. But, I've seen kids of ALL races saggin. It's not a Black thing; it's not a White thing....it's a respect and decency thing!
So, since you parents cannot teach or enforce that this attire is unacceptable and, quite frankly, is very rude, don't get mad at government because they have to do what you won't.
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