Arkansas College Accused Of Racism For Trying To Ban Saggy Pants

Opposing Views ^ | Tue, August 18, 2015 | By Brendan Kelly,

[bob_denard]

Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, is facing accusations of racism after attempting to crack down on people wearing saggy pants on campus.

The college has not officially banned saggy pants in its dress code, as the school has no official dress code, but signs warning that saggy pants will not be tolerated have gone up around campus and in the student center, the Daily Caller reported.

A spokeswoman for the college, Tonya Smith, said that the signs, which also warn against profanity and rude behavior, were intended to discourage disruptive behavior on campus.

“Our faculty in particular had experienced an increase in inappropriate classroom behaviors that were disturbing the learning environment,” Smith told Inside Higher Ed.

Some students have complained that the signs seem like an attempt to suppress black culture.

[Trumpinator]

These saggy pants and before that laceless shoes were adoptions of prison culture in “the hood”.

In prison they take you belt and shoe laces away and this look was emulated by inner city youths.

I think laceless shoes came first and cops loved it because the idiots would run and their shoes would fall off. Adidas later on produced sneakers that looked laceless but had inner stretch bands to help keep the shoes on.

And I am sure cops love the current saggy pants trend too for all the times the running perps pants have fallen down and allowed for ease of capture.

[ETL]

it was a way of expressing “solidarity” with the incarcerated brothers. Belts aren’t allowed in prison. They can be used as weapons, or to commit suicide.

You're probably right. That is what nearly all sources on the internet say.

[LouAvul]

seem like an attempt to suppress black culture.

I'm sick to death of "black culture." "Black culture" doesn't need to be suppressed. It needs to be prosecuted. Extinguished. Eliminated. It's the bane of civilization and a blight on America.

[Trumpinator]

I always heard it was a way of expressing “solidarity” with the incarcerated brothers. Belts aren’t allowed in prison. They can be used as weapons, or to commit suicide. It was not "solidarity" so much as little kids in the hood looking up at bigger kids in jail and emulating them. The shoelace-less sneaker is also born from this prison fashion. The inmates probably are released off the prison bus without a belt or shoelaces on their sneakers so they walk around like that and it shows they did time which imparts on them a kind of "street cred".