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I am curious about where the current trend in HipHop for wearing baggy (sagging) pants originated. I've heard that it originated in prison, and another report that it originated during the slave days. What I would like is, documentation (website or a reliable source) that would clarify this matter.
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answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=280977
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Sagging pants was never meant to be fashionable. Prisoners wear their pants this low because belts are a popular way to commit suicide by hanging oneself, to hang others, or to use as a weapon in fights. Prisoners are also not allowed to have shoestrings for the same reasons.
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www.associatedcontent.com/article/257484/sagging_pants_...
www.associatedcontent.com/article/257484/sagging_pants_hip_hop_trend_or_prison.html
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Sagging pants became the behind-the-bars thing thanks to ill-fitting prison-issue garb: some of those incarcerated were provided with clothing a few sizes too large. That oversizing, coupled with the lack of belts in the big house, led to a great number of jailbirds whose pants were falling off their arses.
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www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp
www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp
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Is it me, or has the “sagging & bagging” issue been getting a few folk HOT “under the collar”? I've had the chance to “read” a host of the so called “wisdom” on the issue of sagging pants.
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www.nathanielturner.com/saggingpantstherealdeal.htm
www.nathanielturner.com/saggingpantstherealdeal.htm
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Prisoners are given generic sizes of pants to wear -san belts, so they don't decide to off themselves - with those sizes too big for the wearer drooping past the waist. ... The origin of sagging pants began with the idea of showing one's rear end. However then under garments were created yet this remained in fashion.
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ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080228083653A...
ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080228083653AAGNvEy
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Commissaries are stores that certain inmates operate out of their cells. Each inmate that owns and operates a commissary is in violation of Department of Correction Policy. Normally, inmates make between 75 & 100% profit on each item. ... Wearing sagging pants.
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www.se7day.org/prison_ministry/prison_subculture.html
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For example, the practice known as "sagging" where adolescent boys allow their pants to sag -- exposing their underwear -- originates from jail and prison policies denying inmates the use of belts (because they could be used as a weapon or means to commit suicide).
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faculty.ncwc.edu/mstevens/111/111lect13.htm
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Martin Luther King Jr. would roll over in his grave if he could see how ridiculous our young African American boys look in their sagging pants. Where did this fashion originate? It originated in prisons. Gay prisoners sagged their pants to signal to fellow prisoners that they were sexually available.
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www.greggriffin.com/Editorials/Sagging%20Pants.htm
www.greggriffin.com/Editorials/Sagging%20Pants.htm
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