Saggin’ Summit Saturday at Dallas City Hall

November 7, 2008 by theo.johnson
Filed under: Blog Entries, Community, Society & Culture

I wrote a little post a while back called Sagging Pants: Fashion or Disrespectful and for some reason it received a lot of attention. Now I feel I’ve written some better posts than that and those haven’t received any comments. So I’m left to think this is a very important topic to people.

I heard about it on the radio this morning and knew I had to blog about it. Saggers, this is your chance to be heard. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway is spearheading this event and he is calling on all who disagree with him to debate the issue. Now that we have a black president, he feels we as black men need to step up our game and attire is a good place to start.

I won’t be able to attend, but if you or someone you know goes, please send them here. I want to know what happens because this is going to be good (if anyone shows). I still feel as I did before. While sagging isn’t my thing, your attire is your personal preference and no government should be able to regulate that. But don’t complain when people form negative opinions about you.

From what I’ve heard, the summit is Saturday, November 8th at Dallas City Hall in the Council Chambers. They’re supposed to start at 9am.

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2 Comments on Saggin’ Summit Saturday at Dallas City Hall

SplendidMarbles on Fri, 7th Nov 2008 5:07 pm

I can’t believe anyone still cares about this. But, then again, Proposition 8 passed in California, and gay rights were crushed in a few other smaller states. I mention this because the two issues are related. The crackdown on the ability of people to express themselves – whether it be through the choice of attire or one’s choice of a partner – is actually picking up steam.

theo.johnson on Mon, 10th Nov 2008 12:37 pm