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It seems that wearing your pants low is slowly becoming illegal in the United States. Some counties have already adopted indecency laws that prohibit the wearing of clothing that expose underwear. If charged, people could face hefty fines or even prison sentences.
“Behind the indecency laws may be the real issue — the hip-hop style itself, which critics say is worn as a badge of delinquency, with its distinctive walk conveying thuggish swagger and a disrespect for authority. Also at work is the larger issue of freedom of expression and the questions raised when fashion moves from being merely objectionable to illegal.” – NYTimes
It seems that every generation will disagree with the new fads. Hippies, Beatniks, etc… have all fought conformism and mainstream society. Hip hop music and style represents a new expression of individuality. If there is any disrespect among those who have the “distinctive walk conveying thuggish swagger and a disrespect for authority,” then society needs to ask themselves why are they delinquent? Why would they have a reason to disrespect authority? They say justice is blind but I don’t think that is always true.
Source: New York Times
Tags: hip hop, hip hop style, hip hop clothing, baggy pants illegal
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940 days ago
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Since when did this become “Hip Hop Style” looks more gansta to me. There is a difference.
the whole wearing your pants half way down your ass was a way of saying “im in a gang, fuck with me ill kick your ass” kinda thing
it was started ammerica with all the teenagers thinking gang culture was cool.
the law is dumb, the govenment is just a bunch of control freaks that think anything they dont do is wrong, people have a right to express their feelings in fashion, they alredy have enough laws sayin we cant do it with speech, or music in public places, is just wrong.
Firstly, we’re not talking federal or state laws, but more local or place-specific (like malls, theme parks, etc.). Secondly, every community and private establishment has the right to set standards for what constitutes decency, and people all throughout the world would consider having your butt hang out of your jeans as trashy and gross. This has nothing to do with race – do you really think wearing stupid clothing is part of the African American heritage/race? If so, that’s incredibly offensive to African Americans. Like most everything in hip hop, the current dress is just a way of being different for the sake of being different. Too bad hip hop can’t be different in a good way.
making a law against this is jus stupid. as if the police dnt have so muc to wory bout anyways. they alredy cnt fine half the people tht need to be fined for othr more important thngs. and also alot of police these days are racist n they mite cut off othr important duties jus to give an a black male a stupid fine. its there way of showin there style nd hw they feel.
i have no idea why they wear pants low,,,.. but i like it lol and i do wear like that too coz every hippi understand it eachother as like part of hip hop culture
I don’t think that the underwear hangin’ out is attractive or cool or anything, but I still don’t think that there should be a law against it because already the government has too much control over us.
No.
Prisoners would just HANG themselves with belts.
That’s why.
I wear a pants that’s bigger than ordinary, but i never sag them that my ass pops out!
I believe that that would be an urban legend. The reason for the loose cloths fashion come from prison where a one size fits all suit was mandatory. And in the slammer, there is nothing to hold your pants up if they were too big. Something about belts being used as weapons or something.
I have always heard that wearing your pants low started in prison as a way of telling other prisoners you were willing to, how shall I put it, “be on the receiving end”. Is this an urban legend or is it true?
good thing a real man attach his pants!!! that hip hop shit is a fagg’s fashion
i think people that take this law in then they are taking away a freedom to express ourselves through dress, so this law is not constitutional