Saggy Pants History
Saggy Pants History
Saggy Pants History
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Sagging is a term used to describe a style of dress. It basically means wearing your pants
below the waistline. In many cases, undergarments like boxers are visible. Individuals
who wear saggy pants are known as “saggers”. When sagging began around 1992, the
style was mostly popular among African-American and Latino youth. But in the decade
and a half since then, sagging has become more and more popular among suburban youth
and adults as well. There are saggers of all races now and people are sagging all over the
world! Rappers like Tupac, Ice-T and Too Short used to sag…and remember the group
Kriss Kross? They helped make the style even more popular by wearing their pants, not
only baggy, but backwards too! R&B and hip-hop groups like H-Town…. and even the
girl group TLC began wearing baggy pants with their boxers showing. And rapper Nelly
still continues to sag today.
WWE Pro-wrestler John Cena is well known for sagging during wrestling matches. But
sagging low in classroom could get you a trip to the principal’s office. That’s because
sagging is banned in many school districts across the country. In fact, some cities and
states have tried to pass laws banning sagging. In February 2005, the Virginia House of
delegates passed the “droopy drawers” ban but it was killed by the senate. Saggers would
have been fined 50 dollars.
In May 2004, Louisiana passed house bill 1626 which would have
made it a crime to show your underwear in the Bayou State.
However, the senate said “sorry”. Meanwhile, individual cities in
Louisiana have taken the matter into their own hands. Saggy pants were outlawed several
years ago in the small town of Opelousas. And in June of 2007, Delcambre, Louisiana
banned baggy britches. If you’re caught sagging in this small town of 2,000 in Cajun
Country, you could face a $500 fine and 6 months in the slammer. Delcambre’s
ordinance touched off a frenzy of saggy pants bans as other Louisiana cities and parishes
jumped on the “banning bandwagon” within days. In Louisiana, baggy pants that expose
underwear are now banned in Lafourche Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, Desoto Parish,
Lake Charles, Mansfield, Alexandria, Bogalusa, Shreveport, Abbeville, Minden, Eunice,
Merryville and Breaux Bridge. They’re also prohibited in Pine Lawn, Missouri…Opa-
Locka, Florida…Riviera Beach, Florida…..Hawkinsville,
Georgia….and Flint, Michigan.
Many, many communities across the nation are currently considering bans on
sagging….far too many to list…from Atlanta to Dallas…to Yonkers, NY and Brunswick,
Georgia…the controversy has been reported by media in countries around the globe
including Australia, Finland and Iran.
So much for our Constitution, which is supposed to protect our “Freedom of Expression.”