Dress Code Policy or Racism?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Seems pretty silly.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

baggy pants being against the law - no. being silly - yes.

actually Shreveport La. has an ordinance prohibiting baggy pants!!!

but the story takes place in chicago......see what happens when obama leaves the city?

Baggers run amok!

[almaty 19]

stupid rule..aimed at african americans

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Atlanta has an ordinance against baggy paints worn low as well - doesn't stop it, though, as the law isn't enforced. (hehehe, I wonder if the police really do want to enforce it though, as how fast can a guy who commits a crime and is wearing pants with the crotch at his knees and is having to hold his pants up with one hand, really run?)

There does seem to be an element of racism in the club's rationale for not admitting the young men. Their dress code 'excuse' went out the window when the black guy refused admittance and the white guy allowed admittance switched pants - and the black guy was still denied entrance but the white guy was admitted. The bar does have the right to deny admission, but it does appear from this article that their decision was racially motivated.

Edited October 26, 2009 by Kathryn41

[rebeccajo 14]

You supplied the "information" as a means to race bait, so don't be snarky on top of that. There's no right to wear baggy pants to an establishment, no matter what color you are, so, no, the idea of a right to do this is silly.

Did you read the bit where the white guy swapped trousers with the black guy (after he had been denied) and got in?

What is wrong with your reading comprehension?

[GabiandVi 34]

If those pictures represent the baggy pants in question on the night, no question there was an element of racism, unless the person who was admitting customers had changed from when the non-Black kid was let in the club to when the Black kid was refused admittance. In that case, it could be a question of one person being a bigger stickler than the other.

If those are not the pants in question, then it is hard to make a determination if it was dress code or racism.

You supplied the "information" as a means to race bait, so don't be snarky on top of that. There's no right to wear baggy pants to an establishment, no matter what color you are, so, no, the idea of a right to do this is silly.

Did you read the bit where the white guy swapped trousers with the black guy (after he had been denied) and got in?

What is wrong with your reading comprehension?

I don't really think this is neccessarily proof that there was racism involved. My pants would look a lot baggier on little sister.

[GabiandVi 34]

stupid rule..aimed at african americans

The rule itself is not aimed at African Americans. How it was applied might have been. But boys of EVERY race wear their pants ridiculously low.

It is a STUPID rule, though. The boys look like fools, but you can't regulate that behavior out of existence.

Edited October 26, 2009 by GabiandVi