[Westenders]

(09-03-2014, 08:53 PM)Firemon Wrote:  For those of you who don't know the droopy pants look started in prison (no belts allowed) and signaled a sexual invitation. It had nothing to do with hip hop at the time although many of the youth think it does now.

So I applaud Malik King and his campaign. "Stop talking, acting and living like thugs; and start talking, acting, and living like men." Wearing pants low contributes to the problem of racial profiling. Think about how we represent ourselves.

As for Mark Lamont Hill, well, I thought he was laughable and misinformed, not to mention disingenous. Okay, sure, they had to have somebody speak out in favor of looking ridiculous, but MLH pretended not to believe the fad's prison origins and then claimed he wore his pants that way 20 years ago when he was 16. Really? In 1994? Yeah right, didn't happen.

I respect your point of view, but your point about saying no one wore their pants down twenty years ago is wrong, they did, certainly in England, and was very influenced by hip hop.
Cannot say that it didn't start way back in prisons, but that's not that relevant today if it's true. There are all kinds of criminals in prisons, not just thugs and people from different racial backgrounds. I believe most young people are wearing it today are influenced by fashion and music. In the Uk this fashion crosses all classes, as I said it is a style choice.
I don't know how MLH can be misinformed, as a young black male who wore this fashion and has experienced racial profiling afterwards.
That crap happens to all ages, particularly men in the Uk, and I've never heard anyone in challenging the act blame it on their pants down.

As I said in my last post, very interesting debate, and may be culturally specific to the US.