'Sagging pants' sign causes uproar at Henderson State University, taken down after two days

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.katv.com/story/29784994/sagging-pants-sign-causes-uproar-at-henderson-state-university

"The group that I'm representing was outraged by the sign," Haggans said. Those students wanting the sign taken down because they say "sagging pants" is culturally associated with African Americans.

"Its politically insensitive to certain groups. They felt like they were being targeted," Bell said.

"We certainly want to apologize for any misunderstanding or miscommunication, but there was not a particular group or individual that was targeted," Dr. Lewis A. Shepherd, Jr., Vice President of Student and External Affairs said. Shepherd continued to say the school does not have a dress code, but he has high expectations for his student body.

"We do a dis-service to students if we do not teach those values while they're here," Shepherd said.

[niyad]

1. most of the sagging pants I have seen have been on white males.

[snooper2]

7. driving back from Florida through Mississippi saw them all over...

Two different gas station stops (nasty bathrooms LOL) saw teenage/young 20 males with cowboy boots, sagging jeans and random shirts...

I was like, pick an image dudes

[niyad]

10. I have to resist the urge to yank their pants back up.

[DirkGently]

16. Can't wrap my head around that "fashion trend."

Last time I saw it was two white 20-something hipsters (?) at a coffee shop. More power to whatever anyone wants to do with their clothes, but I couldn't understand how they could even walk with their jeans belted fully below their butts.

Not one to stare, but I caught myself looking trying to figure out how it even worked.

I don't see how making it "against the rules" makes any sense, but it was mystifying from a pure Laws of Physics point of view.

'Merica. Hell yeah.

[PoliticAverse]

2. They forgot running with scissors. n/t

[GreatGazoo]

3. "he has high expectations for his student body" -- those are customers

The irony of writing "EXCESSIVE LOUDNESS" in all caps and the "RUDE BEHAVIOR" of using including an obvious racist dog whistle is no doubt lost on Shepherd.

I'm thinking their customers are being over-charged since tuition need not include paying for a Phd whose job is "External Affairs" (?)

Meddling in 'student affairs' is "RUDE BEHAVIOR" and promoting sexist and racist ideas is a "dis-service to students" that the University not only tolerated but paid for.

[Vinca]

4. One of the funniest things I ever saw was a skinny white kid with sagging pants walking

down Main Street. The pants fell down. I laughed so hard I could barely drive the car.

[romanic]

5. Seen all kinds of folk still sagging their pants.

PULL THAT SHIT UP! That shit isn't cute or cool. Just saying.

[AnPak]

6. Says more about the folks complaining than it does about the school...

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[Bettie]

8. I knew I was getting old the first time I wondered

"why do they do that?" about the clothing of younger people.

I still don't get the pants at the knees thing. What if you have to run?

But, not my pants, not my problem.

[logosoco]

13. I like that line...not my pants. not my problem.

As a middle aged white woman who wears "comfortable" clothes and often can be seen hoisting up my sagging pants. I have often thought the more people with the sagging pants, the better my advantage in a zombie apocalypse!!!

[Bettie]

14. Oh good

I'm not the only one who thinks that!

[Hepburn]

9. Geeeeeeeeeez...I remember the days when girls could not were mini skirts to class!

I now see students on their way home from high school and my first thought is: "How in the hell did the parents let that kid out of the house dressed like that?!?!?!?"

Then...I remember going into the Girls' Bathroom before classes started and rolling up my skirt until it was very, very short!

[Brother Buzz]

11. I remember the days when girls could wear mini skirts but pants were prohibited

[Lizzie Poppet]

12. People have the right to look like idiots.

As long as saggy pants aren't flashing the wearer's junk, I fail to see an issue with allowing them to look laughable.

[alarimer]

15. I have seen them well below the butt, showing off their underwear.

I sort of wonder at the practicality of it. How do they even manage to walk?

[niyad]

17. not to mention the chafing!

[Lizzie Poppet]

18. I struggle not to laugh out loud.

I don't want to start a beef, should they realize I'm laughing at them...but that saggy pants look is so comically silly, that it takes a real effort of will.

[ShrimpPoboy]

19. Dressing like a slob

is disrespectful and unprofessional. I have no problem with dress codes that teach the opposite of that. I can see how some might see this as a dog whistle but, as others here have said, it's hardly an exclusively black phenomenon. And when legislation is brought about it, black lawmakers are often leading the way.

The school could have communicated this a better way though and probably avoided the headache.

[DefenseLawyer]

20. If you have time to worry about how some kid wears his pants,

you need a hobby.

[Warren DeMontague]

21. Guess Trump wont be speaking there any time soon.