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Aug 30, 2007 ... Mr. Marshall's sagging pants, a style popularized in the early 1990s by hip-hop artists, are becoming a criminal offense in a growing number ...
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www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/fashion/30baggy.html
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Was the fashion of sagging one's pants born of a prison mode of signalling sexual availability? ... Another discredited theory says ghetto hoodlums adopted the fashion of wearing their pants in the sagging style to better conceal weapons from rival gang members and police.
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www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp
www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp
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The guys with the sagging pants were the only ones hit by the gunfire. Because they couldn't run or otherwise get out the way because their pants ... For the ppl who think sagging is only a hip hop or black thing, you need to get your facts straight. The new style today is sagging "skinny" jeans and everyone does it,
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www.thegrio.com/2009/09/whats-behind-the-sagging-pants-...
www.thegrio.com/2009/09/whats-behind-the-sagging-pants-trend.php
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says he has discussed this topic of sagging pants with several colleagues from various states through his affiliation with the Association of Black Psychologists. “[The] style has been transformed into something that represents counter-culture,” says Dr. Townes.
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www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/09/16/n...
www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/09/16/new-meaning-to-old-sagging-pants-trend-take-my-manhood/
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The beginning of sagging pants (AKA "bustin' slack") starts way back with a prohibition of belts in prisons where belts were confiscated to prevent inmates from hanging themselves. Southern California gang members are also cited as originators.
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www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/7167/
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It’s not the first to try to outlaw the saggy pants style, a national fad worn mostly by young men ... Instead of legislation, others suggest more palatable approaches like the event at Plantation High School, where leaders from the community spoke to students about how sagging pants can hurt their chances to get a job.
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www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/11/tn-cracking-down-sagg...
www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/11/tn-cracking-down-saggy-pants-fine-hits-below-belt/
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Father: Teacher duct taped student’s sagging pants The Associated Press ... the funniest thing about the whole underwear issue is that the style(?)of pants pulled low with underwear showing, originated in prison. inmates that were someones bitch or "available" wore their pants that way. Its a big inside joke to many...
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www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1230239/posts
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Young, who on Monday proposed that the Winston-Salem City Council ban sagging pants, ignored them. She sat on her porch holding petitions bearing the names of people who support her call for a ban. ... But those who wear sagging pants say that it's their style and that they have a right to wear it.
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www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/aug/20/community-leade...
www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/aug/20/community-leader-is-pushing-for-city-law-to-ban-th/
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It's not just a style issue. It's also a question of where this "style" comes from. THese baggy pants which almost fall off are emulations of what felons in prison wear. In prison, it is one size fits all. There are no belts, no buttons, no zippers, and so the pants basically do not stay on well.
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parents.berkeley.edu/advice/teens/sag.html
parents.berkeley.edu/advice/teens/sag.html
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