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 ...
Perhaps the next haircut trend will be the center-part, heavy pomade “Shemp”.
“These are the last of the Moe Haircuts!”
Okay, THAT’S funny.
How about the Eloi in The Time Machine?
I didn’t know that. Thanks.
Looking at that lineup - the one with the tie looks guilty to me.
What about Duck Tails? What about shaved heads?
The “Duane Dibley?”
Bring back the Zoot suit, maybe get another riot or such.
Look like Amish bowl cuts to me.
Moe was American.
These… aren’t.
That looks like Jim Carrey.
I wonder where the ‘Edgar’ reference comes from.
The cut looks kind of tribal to me. Reminds me of the native people encountered by the priests in the film The Mission, down in the deep jungle of South America.
What is young Arafat doing in there?
That is Yasser Arafat.
It kind of sucks if you didn't really mean it that way, but that is how it works. And most of these stupid boys do mean it that way. They are gangster wannabees.
And people who don't like those affiliations will exclude you from their company. As they should have every right to do.
The Racist Card has expired. Nobody accepts it anymore. And "Mexican" or "Hispanic" is not a race anyway. The local community activists can GFY.
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