Thursday, February 10, 2005
VIRGINIA MAKES THE BRITISH NEWS
If we led the world to adopt the lowest common denominator, can we turn around and lead the world on an upward spiral? It is just possible that the BBC News senses a trend is developing. I hope so.
The Virginia state house has voted to outlaw the trend of wearing trousers so low that underwear hangs over the top.
Delegates said the habit, popular across the US and in other Western countries, was "coarsening" society.
But others hit back, urging legislators to remember their own "fashion follies" and saying the law would be used mostly against black people.
The house adopted the "droopy drawers" bill by a margin of 60-34.
If the state senate also approves, youngsters in Virginia showing too much of their boxer shorts or G-strings could be fined $50 (£26).
The last line in the article kills me!
"This is going to be a bill that targets blacks. You know who they are going to stop," he said.
Delegate Lionell Spruill is so sensitive to maintaining black rights at any cost that he has managed to brand black people as more uncouth, more unmannerly, and more disordered in their style of dress than the white folks. Give the black folks a break Delegate Spruill. Some of them put the white folks to shame by their style of dress, especially when they are going to church. What's wrong with calling the rest of the black community to follow their example? Not all black people are slobs, for goodness sake. If I were black, I'd take offense at his statement. Black people are just as capable of having standards as white people.
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