Racial flap spurs ban of clothes brand [FUBU and Confederate Flag]

Dallas News ^ | Tuesday | November 20, 2001 | AP

[TomServo]

...Dixie ping...

[TomServo]

A group of eighth-grade girls, who were told not to wear shirts with the Confederate symbol because they might offend other students, defied the order Friday and brought additional shirts for other students.

You go girls..

[Clemenza]

GIVE 'EM A TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE!!! SEE HOW THEY FEEL!!!

BTW: This New York "Yankee" (who is, ironically, a Mets fan) remembers well how us metalheads couldn't wear some of our shirts because of vulgarity, while the black kids were allowed to wear Malcolm X and black pride t-shirts.

The funny thing is, I see a lot of white kids, especially back in New York, wearing FUBU.

[Khepera]

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[Clemenza]

I was in Costa Rica last year and was surprised to see confederate license plates and t-shirts for sale. Then again, many confederates went to Latin America after the war.

[Eccl 10:2]

The FUBU brand is hatred marketing. It encourages the wearer to practice symbolic racial hatred, pure, plain, and simple.

[southern rock]

"It was enough to cause a disruption," Susan Andrews, superintendent for Harris County schools in west Georgia, said Monday. "They were suspended for defying authority."

I have said it before and I will say it until I turn blue in the face. Public (i.e, GOVERNMENT) schools have NO RIGHT and NO "AUTHORITY" to set dress codes of any kind.

Parental rights bump!!!!!!

[Illbay]

So, FUBU's message is to enslave all white people? What is the "equation" here, then?

I thought you "neo-Confederates" claim this isn't a "white-black" thing, and that all the slaves in the South left the plantations to join the Confederate Army, fighting alongside their white Southern brethren blahblahblahblah...

So which is it?

[Clemenza]

No, it is the BLACK population (and many northern transplants) who insist on making it a racial issue. This Yankee doesn't give a damn what a person wears.

[prambo]

These "white" kids were actually defined once by Senator Byrd; he got into a little flap about it.

He was right.

This is not Gen X - these kids have become irreparable trash.

prambo

[SocialMeltdown]

I read where someone suggested that the reason some white kids may wear FUBU and other 'black' clothing is because they may be trying to survive.

Think about it. If you're forced to live in a community in which your 'white' skin color makes you stand-out like the moon at midnight, maybe you might choose to try to fit-in as best you can.

Wearing 'black' cloths may deflect racial criticism and create a kind of racial solidarity where, if you can't be black, at least you won't get your head knocked in.

[wasp69]

I thought you "neo-Confederates" claim this isn't a "white-black" thing, and that all the slaves in the South left the plantations to join the Confederate Army, fighting alongside their white Southern brethren blahblahblahblah...

So, Illbay, do still maintain they didn't?

[Clemenza]

This may be true in some cases (my cousin went to an 80% black school and had a similar experience). Nevertheless, when I see rich white kids acting like Tupac Shakur, I have a sudden urge to grab these kids and drop them off in the ghetto. I'd like to see how "street" they would act then.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Wearing 'black' cloths may deflect racial criticism and create a kind of racial solidarity where, if you can't be black, at least you won't get your head knocked in.

No you will just get your head knocked in to so that your fabulous FUBU/Nike/Tommy Hilfiger wear can be taken. What I find amazing is the amount of FUBU stuff marketed in demographically white suburban department stores to be sold to white kids to wear to class in their overwhelming white schools. It is the most insane form of rebellion. Paying $69.00 for one pair of jeans (that are sagged down past the hip level); to be worn with the $45.00 oversized shirt to go to class to look the hiphop part (after you get dropped off by mom in the family minivan).

If you think that is nuts, DON'T get me started on Tommy Hilfiger babywear.

[Clemenza]

FUBU is one of the great marketing ploys of all time. Principals claim that since line is marketed by blacks for blacks, it is more "authentic." White kids want this "authentic" look, so they buy it in droves. Meanwhile, their sister dress like Britney Spears and give "Monicas" in the interest of preserving their virginity.

[SocialMeltdown]

Have you seen the latest 'fashion' trend?

It's wearing a visor upside down, as if trying to catch rain water.

I wonder if you can trace it back to fast food resturants.

I can imagine an urban teen being given a visor and taking the stance that, ' if i have ta wear it, i might as well wear it my way '.

[Clemenza]

Sort of like the kids who wear what look like spandex stoking on their head. This is supposedly in tribute to prison "do-rags."

I once worked at a hotel that had a dance club that attracted a largely black clientele. Most of the men dressed to the nines and DID NOT come in the hip hop clothing that I see white kids wearing when they go out.