Stop the Sag

Written by Rizoh. Posted in Style

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Published on April 02, 2010 with 16 Comments">16 Comments

Eric Adams, a state senator from Brooklyn, just rolled out a $2,000 Stop The Sag advertising campaign. The billboard shows two young fellas in jeans that hang low enough to sweep the pavement. “You can raise your level of respect if you raise your pants”, says Adams. While I applaud Adams for calling on young men to stop sagging their pants, I have to say that his message doesn’t go far enough. How about enacting a law that penalizes saggy pants with a public flogging?

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Rizoh

Rizoh is the most powerful man in all the lands. He lives in Houston where he earned a BS in Nerf Herding. He's the founder of The Rap Up, the editor of Roc4Life.com, and is in the Grammy-awaiting band Pervertable Disciples.

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  • IT’S COOL FOR WHITE BOYS TO RA

    How about letting people dress the way they want to and shutting the fuck up?

  • IT’S COOL FOR WHITE BOYS TO RAP NOW

    How about letting people dress the way they want to and shutting the fuck up?

  • http://www.myspace.com/thetruebonanza Bonanza

    @ It’s cool,

    You have a point there. People should dress the way they want. HOWEVER, the chances of scoring a respectable job are pretty much zilch. Sagging is unprofessional. Sagging is basically saying “you’re open for business” in prison terms. Read up on your history, too. I’ll admit, I once thought the concept was cool, but luckily, I wised up…fast.

  • http://www.myspace.com/thetruebonanza Bonanza

    @ It’s cool,

    You have a point there. People should dress the way they want. HOWEVER, the chances of scoring a respectable job are pretty much zilch. Sagging is unprofessional. Sagging is basically saying “you’re open for business” in prison terms. Read up on your history, too. I’ll admit, I once thought the concept was cool, but luckily, I wised up…fast.

  • http://therapup.net J to the AAP

    “HOWEVER, the chances of scoring a respectable job are pretty much zilch”

    Completely true, but that’s still not a reason politicians should get to decide how we dress. The same can be said about tattoos, piercings, brightly coloured hair, certain T-shirts, etc, etc. There are even circles were cornrows or dreadlocks are unacceptable. Where do you draw the line, should every proffesional just wear a pinstripe suit as a uniform?

    You may think someone made some bad fashion decisions, ruined his own chances or looks like a complete idiot, but he/she has the right to look like that and I belive that’s a good thing.

    Has somebody pointed Eric Adams to miss Badu’s latest video? Groupthink huh.

  • http://therapup.net J to the AAP

    “HOWEVER, the chances of scoring a respectable job are pretty much zilch”

    Completely true, but that’s still not a reason politicians should get to decide how we dress. The same can be said about tattoos, piercings, brightly coloured hair, certain T-shirts, etc, etc. There are even circles were cornrows or dreadlocks are unacceptable. Where do you draw the line, should every proffesional just wear a pinstripe suit as a uniform?

    You may think someone made some bad fashion decisions, ruined his own chances or looks like a complete idiot, but he/she has the right to look like that and I belive that’s a good thing.

    Has somebody pointed Eric Adams to miss Badu’s latest video? Groupthink huh.

  • Rick.

    “What? Adults don’t want us to do this? Drop the pants 6 more inches, fellas!”

  • Rick.

    “What? Adults don’t want us to do this? Drop the pants 6 more inches, fellas!”

  • lolu

    there are more important underlying issues that lead to young men sagging………

  • lolu

    there are more important underlying issues that lead to young men sagging………

  • Kell-El

    Sagging is unprofessional.

    ^ Word, day to day life I guess it’s coo to sag because it’s a fashion statement (with gay prison ties mind you) like shades or whatever white folks like to wear. But on the job or on a interview…c’mon son that’ll be shooting yourself in the foot of a person does that, leave the hood things in the hood

  • Kell-El

    Sagging is unprofessional.

    ^ Word, day to day life I guess it’s coo to sag because it’s a fashion statement (with gay prison ties mind you) like shades or whatever white folks like to wear. But on the job or on a interview…c’mon son that’ll be shooting yourself in the foot of a person does that, leave the hood things in the hood

  • IT’S COOL FOR WHITE BOYS TO RA

    Who’s talking about on the job or in an interview? Those are no-brainers.

  • IT’S COOL FOR WHITE BOYS TO RAP NOW

    Who’s talking about on the job or in an interview? Those are no-brainers.

  • georgeburns

    this is kinda similar to politicians taxing certain foods controlling what we eat and eventually making it illegal for salt to be used in major food and beverage distributors…….

  • georgeburns

    this is kinda similar to politicians taxing certain foods controlling what we eat and eventually making it illegal for salt to be used in major food and beverage distributors…….

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