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Popular haircut sparks outrage across Texas - as restaurant threatens to ban customers sporting divisive style [An Edgar is a bowl-shaped haircut popular among Mexican-American teens ]
The Daily Mail ^ | 06/16/2024 | Maryann Martinez

Posted on 06/16/2024 6:44:03 PM PDT by thegagline

A popular haircut known as 'The Edgar' has sparked a major backlash - with some restaurants and schools seeking to ban those who sport it.

The bowl-shaped style *** is typically favored by Mexican-American young men who are known as 'Edgars'.

But the trend is causing widespread division in Hispanic communities as locals increasingly link the haircut to crime, while others accuse critics of being racist.

One of the suspects Mikey Valdez, 18, an 'Edgar ', had just been let out of jail on unrelated car burglary charges and was killed alongside his accomplice by police who rushed in to protect the public.

Valdez and a second shooter 'had some sort of beef and decided to take it to Market Square, among all those people,' Police Chief William McManus stated***

Following the melee, local restaurateur Ricky Ortiz posted a meme with a 'no Edgars' sign on social media, suggesting he did not want anyone with this haircut in his popular restaurants El Camino, Besame, Ay Que Chula and Perfect Tender.

'Fiesta commission needs to fence the whole thing off, charge a cover, and have a no Edgar policy,' Ortiz said of the organizers of the event Valdez targeted. *** But Ortiz's comments received pushback in the majority Hispanic community, with some San Antonio residents accusing him of being a racist. ***

'Lol, you live in "Edgar" city. This is a new form of racism.' But Ortiz, a first-generation American of Mexican parents, defended his comments.

'People accusing me of racism are speaking from a place of ignorance,' he told the local publication.

'They don't want to acknowledge or admit that the majority of the kids that are getting these haircuts want to be in a culture influenced by gang affiliation and things like that.'***


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; edgar; gangs; illegals; moe; sanantonio; texas
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Neither Hispanic nor Mexican is a race

However, we have been repeatedly told by the left that cultural appropriation is racist. Moe is unavailable for comment


1 posted on 06/16/2024 6:44:03 PM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

The Beatles agree with you.


2 posted on 06/16/2024 6:44:45 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: thegagline

Beat me to it!


3 posted on 06/16/2024 6:47:00 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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But that’s the only way my wife knows how to cut my hair.


4 posted on 06/16/2024 6:47:52 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I was drowning in self pity until I bathed in the refreshing Lake of Respect.)
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It worked well for these guys. Lots of parents hated their hair but that was 1964!


5 posted on 06/16/2024 6:48:17 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: thegagline

Yep!

Forget the ‘Edgar’…

These are the last of the Moe Haircuts!


6 posted on 06/16/2024 6:48:52 PM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: thegagline

7 posted on 06/16/2024 6:49:18 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: thegagline

Btw ... I don’t see #5s tie in ... and #6 could be said to be a tribute to Dumb and Dumber.


8 posted on 06/16/2024 6:50:56 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: thegagline

If calling it a ‘Yung Hee’ catches on, no one will want to sport it.


9 posted on 06/16/2024 6:54:28 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: thegagline

They seem nice.


10 posted on 06/16/2024 6:55:50 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: gundog

I never realized that Floyd cut Wally’s hair.


11 posted on 06/16/2024 6:57:41 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: thegagline

Rename it the Moe Howard.


12 posted on 06/16/2024 6:58:30 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: thegagline

Racist haircuts now?


13 posted on 06/16/2024 6:58:56 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: FamiliarFace

He was Andy the barber before he was Floyd the Barber.


14 posted on 06/16/2024 7:00:16 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: thegagline

Ish Kabibble, 1930s-1940s comedian
15 posted on 06/16/2024 7:00:32 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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As long as they don’t look like this guy 😬

16 posted on 06/16/2024 7:02:01 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: Fiji Hill

17 posted on 06/16/2024 7:03:23 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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To: thegagline

It looks stupid and always did.


18 posted on 06/16/2024 7:07:15 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: thegagline

Personally, let them wear it as they choose.

So what if it’s a style popular with gangs? That way when we see one we know to be extra vigilant.


19 posted on 06/16/2024 7:08:31 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Just some neighborhood guys out having fun!


20 posted on 06/16/2024 7:09:27 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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