SAGGIN
I GOT THIS IN AN EMAIL WITH NO AUTHOR CITED, BUT I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO SHARE THIS.
Revolution or Renaissance you choose!
> Pull Your Pants Up!!
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The Other Day,
A friend of mine came to my dorm room just to chat while her laundry was drying. As we were chatting, two young freshmen came by. One of the boys wanted to “talk” to my friend (as in date). She asked him how old they were, and both of the boys replied 18. My friend and I both laughed hysterically because we are both 22 years old. After my friend left, the young men were still hanging around and one wanted to know how he could gain her interest.
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The first thing I told him to do was to pull up his pants! He asked why, then said he like saggin’ his pants. I told him to come over to my computer and spell the word saggin’. Then I told him to write the word saggin’ backwards.
> S-A-G-G-I-N
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> N-I-G-G-A-S
I told him the origin of that look was from prison. Men in prison wore their pants low when they were spoken for. The other reason their pants looked like that was because they were not allowed to have belts because prisoners were likely to try to commit suicide.
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We as young black people have to be the ones to effect change. We are dying. The media has made a mockery of the Black American. Even our brothers and sisters from Africa don’t take us seriously. Something as simple as pulling up your pants and standing with your head high could make the biggest difference in the world’s perception of us. It is time to do right by ourselves. We need to love and embrace each other. No one is going to do it for us.
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It all comes down to perception. What people perceive is what is reality to them. We have to change not only the media’s perception of us, but we need to change our perception of ourselves. Remember all eyes are on you Black Man. All eyes are on you Black Woman. All eyes are on you Black Child. People are waiting for us to mess up. We have let not only the media, but the government and the world taint the pure essence of us. They have stripped our culture down to the point where we only believe we can become rappers and athletes. We are so much more.
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> To all my black men:
It is time to stand up. There are billions of Black Women who want to do nothing more than worship the ground that you walk on. We are so in love with your potential. We want to have your back, we want to love, support and cherish every ounce of your being. But with that you have to show that you are willing to be the head of our households. You have to prove yourselves worthy of our submission. We need you to be hard working…Not a hustler. We need you to seek higher education, to seek spirituality. We need you to stand! And trust us; we will have your back. We know that it gets hard, we know you get weary. Trust and believe that there is nothing that a Black Woman and a Black Man can’t handle with GOD on their sides.
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> To all my Black Women:
It is also time for us to stand up. It is time for us to stop using our bodies as our primary form of communication. It is time to be that virtuous woman that Proverbs spoke of. We can not sit by the wayside while our men are dying by the masses. We are the epitome of Black Love. It starts within us. We need to speak with conviction to let not only our Black Men know, but the world knows that we are the Mothers of this world. We are so powerful. We are so beautiful. We need to love and embrace every blessing God has given us physically, emotionally and spiritually.
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> For all My Black Children:
We need to love them. We need to teach them. We need to stand up for them. We need to protect them. We need to show them that there are no “get rich quick” schemes. We need to tell them that they WILL die trying if they submit to a life of crime and deceit. We need to teach our children that no one will love them the way we can. And being a basketball player, a rapper, or a drug dealer is not reality. It’s not realistic and only a small percentage of people ever make it as a rapper or professional athlete. We need to teach our children that we can be more than rappers and athletes. We can be the owners of these sports teams; we can be the CEO’s of our fortune 500 companies. We need to believe in literacy. I am almost certain if we were to look back to the 1930’s and 40’s, the literacy rates for Black American .
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> Children are probably still the same.
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> Ok…I am stepping off of my soap box now. Pull Up Your Pants!!
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62 Comments
November 20, 2006 at 9:37 PM
Oh My Good ness. Thank you so much for the clarity. This was an excellent article. To often our youth do not even know why they do things and what the real meanings are to what they are doing. I was almost speechless when i first heard this logic. I was actually told by my 11 year old daughter. She asked me one day if i knew what it meant to be saggin. I knew but I wanted her to tell me. She said mommy spell the word backwards and when I did i was appalled!! Our youth need to wake up and understand they are such targets and being used!
November 23, 2006 at 1:26 AM
Good job LiL sister.
Good job
December 6, 2006 at 1:20 AM
Thank you for the article “Saggin’ backwards…”. I appreciate it, and there’s no need to attempt an elaborate response to leave as a comment. Everything that needs to be said has been said.
October 26, 2009 at 6:40 PM
yu ppl r bogus y do yu act like black ppl do everthing wrong wite ppl do the same
December 14, 2006 at 6:00 AM
What about sagging. Idiots!!!!!!!!
January 18, 2007 at 4:35 AM
I never realized what it spelled backwards. Now there’s an eye opener.
Austin
March 10, 2007 at 6:11 AM
“What about sagging. Idiots!!!!!!!!” ?????????????????
Some things are wasted on some people? Did you miss the point? Even spelled correctly, the pants are still sagginG and the idea of black men sagginG still applies…
Wake up and do us proud. Whe will we realize our potential and stop blaming everyone else, while we are seepinG more and more into dead end fads that are killing our children and the fabric of our families?
September 29, 2009 at 7:36 PM
but sagging doesn’t spell niggas backwards. its gniggas. i think You missed the point.
March 16, 2007 at 7:43 PM
i think that you should get a billboard with your article meaning on it becouse that would make a big difference in the black american mind of men
March 30, 2007 at 4:45 PM
Thank you, said perfectly!
April 16, 2007 at 5:19 PM
yall are stupid. what about white boys who sag.
August 27, 2009 at 1:25 PM
that’s a good question : what about the white boys that sag???
August 30, 2009 at 9:34 PM
White boys who sag are apparently Niggas too. I understand the term not to be specifically geared towards people of color, but it is geared towards IGNORANT people. Although black people were called niggers for quite some time and in some cases they still are, it’s a term used to identify ignorant people. Anyone can be a nigga’ no matter what their color. Anyone wearing their pants half their @ss is ignorant
September 5, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Stop wit da race card! And listen to the meggage!
September 5, 2009 at 11:25 PM
rite on Brie!
October 26, 2009 at 6:33 PM
yu rite bra
May 16, 2007 at 4:00 PM
I think that saggin is very stupid and people that do it are just giving men and women open invitation to rape. this all started in prison.
June 14, 2007 at 10:30 AM
Hi everone.
First right out front. I am white. I am whiter than most people because of my icelandic blood. I didnt grow up in the hood. I grew up in a far worse enviroment though…Abuse, Drugs, death. these were common everyday things.Not in Iceland mind you but here in the U.S. growing up. So I know… I Hate to see guys running around with their pants hanging down. first its about stupid and 2nd wtf! I think that idiot- Vanilla ice started this with white guys…I dont get myself how a bunch of white boys from suburbia can just change overnight. One day they walk normal next they walk with a limp and pants sagging. Maybe they think its cool but to me they look stupid. And really it looks stupid on anyone. I dated a black man for a while who started that on me and I told him that I would not go out with him if he did that. He so much as called me a racist. The Sheet hit the fan on that one and he realized quickly what they say about viiking chicks having a temper… I think it doesnt take much for any race to act with dignity and respect. I am not black. But I dont have to be black to enjoy the music of muddy waters, or the teachings of Dr Martin Luther King. I find it strange that more young black people doint take stock in men like Benjamin Branecker or George washington Carver. Robert Palmer said”it takes every kind of people to make the world go round”
These words are true and profound. As well as Dr King stating “we shall over come” and what shall we overcome? fear, disease, hunger war and separation….The word N… is a word that was used by slave owning hypocrits and racist in the U.S. I dont care if you spell it with ER or AS its is a word neither white or black people should use. And it is degrading to black people to allow the stima attached to that word to continue in music and in their circles
IQ
July 13, 2007 at 6:23 PM
I am proud to see someone taking responsibility for themselves and their friends – I think you are on the right track!
July 30, 2007 at 5:25 PM
Other than it being completely and ridiculousy stupid, it also poses a problem for these young “thugs”, and wanna-be thugs that wear their pants that way. I’m gonna risk sounding extremely stereotypical here, but what happens when these kids are getting chased by the cops, or by other pant saggin miscreants?? Do they have to stop and take a break to pull up their pants? It is bad enough that they can’t even walk straight. They have to waddle like ducks cause the pants are so low. I think what happened was the damn t-shirts they started wearing got so long or “tall” that they had to sag the pants lower so they could show off the Azzure or Enyce logo on the pocket.
I’m not even gonna sugar coat this. Im white. I listen to hip hop. I am from Queens, NY. I am the furthest thing from racist. I even see white kids saggin their pants. The punk rockin white kids sag the tight pants now. It is really sad that this has become the thing to do, whether white or black. Hip Hop or Punk. I was walking down the strip on VA Beach the other day, and more than half the young punks and thugs I saw made it seem like they were modeling their underwear for the girls. What self respecting girl would find this attractive??
Ok, Im done. I could keep going but I am gettin mad now.
August 1, 2007 at 6:30 PM
I am 43 and have seen styles come & go in the black community. Sagging pants is the worst one I have seen yet. It says absolutely nothing positive about being a black person of dignity. I have a 5 year old son who is smart enough to find his waist line. When I see a black man with his underwear showing because his pants are sagging, the first words that come to mind are disgraceful and immature. What decent woman would be interested in a dude who doesn’t have enough sense to realize that he looks like a complete idiot to 85% of society (black & white). Mothers, please raise girls want men who are smarter than my 5 year old son!
October 26, 2009 at 6:38 PM
fuk yu man y yu gotta say black pple white people do it 2
August 16, 2007 at 1:07 PM
WOW!
Talk about a message taking off!
The GodFather of Soul James Brown and his sister Fannie had the exact same concern about our children (and adults!) and even wrote a song about it!
Right before he died, James told his sister Fannie to take the band and record the song they wrote in the mid 90s called “Pull Your Pants UP!”. There is a line in the song they wrote that says “SAGGIN, is what?!?! What spelled backwards…”
Fannie was very close to her brother and knew exactly what he wanted. She recorded the song and it is being released! Please take a listen to the song that James and Fannie wrote at:
http://www.GodSisterOfSoul.com
August 22, 2007 at 8:12 AM
MESSAGE IN THE MUSIC!!!
THIS IS BIG,WE KINDLY ASK ALL WHO VIEW THIS PAGE TO SUPPORT THIS MESSAGE THAT IS SO RELEVANT AT THIS TIME. HELP US GET THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS BY REQUESTING AIR PLAY.
LET’S PULL’EM UP YA’LL!!!!!
August 22, 2007 at 8:17 AM
PULL YOUR PANTS UP!!!
THIS IS BIG,WE KINDLY ASK ALL WHO VIEW THIS PAGE TO SUPPORT THIS MESSAGE THAT IS SO RELEVANT AT THIS TIME. HELP US GET THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS BY REQUESTING AIR PLAY.
LET’S PULL’EM UP YA’LL!!!!!
August 30, 2007 at 3:36 PM
I invite each and every one of you to visit my myspace page (myspace.com/montezmiller) and find out the real meaning behind saggin pants. I’m a producer of a reality series that’s set inside Detroit’s Wayne County Jail”, check out what a inmate had to say about saggin.
PULL YOUR PANTS UP!
September 18, 2007 at 9:46 PM
i think saggin as totally cool and it is the freedom of expression.
October 1, 2007 at 1:05 PM
hold on!!!! so u guys are so dogmatic that u will automatically assume that someone is “immature” and “disgraceful” simply because of the way they are dressed? how about u get to know the fucking person before u go making assumtions about people because of their clothes. “assuming make an ASS out of U and ME.” hello!! it’s just a damn “fad,” get over it people! it’s not just “niggas” that are “saggin’” (btw, i think it’s spelled “sagging” for all u college graduates out there, sounds like u guys are using the same fad as people who sag, taking off “g’s” at the end of words, what’s wrong with yall?) it’s a lot of young males, the punk rockers wear their incredibly tight jeans “saggin,” the nice white kids even do a little bit of saggin. quit tellin people what to do (“pull up your pants”–i’m glad nobody’s had the nerve to say some shit like that to me in person) and worry about your own damn self. u guys got nothing better to do than waste time talking about some fad u don’t like, nobody gives a fuck what u like. i mean, i agree with some of this article, there’s some intelligence behind it, but it focuses too much on something that u guys don’t need to be worried about so much. wow u guys are way too stuck-up to be this fuckin concerned with some bullshit like this…
October 14, 2007 at 8:19 PM
Oh Gee the cry of those who rant on and on about freedom of speech freedom of religion and all of that rot.
Let me say this: With freedom comes responsibility. If I as a musician and spout lyrics that at least partially influence my listeners to do drugs and be gangsters then I am partially responsible for instance.
So based on what I have read in your little reply we should be allowed to dress how we like?. I should be able to take my blouse off and let the whole world see my c cups or I should not wear a bra and walkabout town with a white t-shirt on?. And display my goodies…Is that it? Or perhaps I should just wear jeans that show off my pubic hair? Lets all just wear what we want walk around looking like complete idiots and listen to rap that spouts all kinds of hate, drugs and nastiness…
No I am afraid you have missed the point. That is that the originator of the discussion here is trying to get these guys to wake up and realize that the people they are emulating are upholding violence, drugs, murder, rape and prejudice-This whole G code thing seems to be addressing prison as a right of passage… The sagging pants are supposed to be a part of their “G” code and all…Well Black men and white both need be in college not prison- they need to emulate better hero’s not these con-men who are just in it to sell their cd’s- most of these people are nothing more than posers…So the joke is on them.
So they can go a head and sag all they want- they look like idiots, I should hope that they don’t have to run anywhere in a hurry because they would sure trip all over the place.
You’re a funny little guy. Keep up the replies because I found your little rant very amusing
October 15, 2007 at 1:48 PM
I too completely agree with this article. As a senior in History I spend much of my time connecting events of the past to the future and searching for cause and effect relationships. I have found that individualism in the U.S. has gone too far. We tend to have the attitude that our actions effect only ourselves and no one else. This is the point “do what” has missed. We don’t care what you wear but we do care about the results that come from the way you dress, i.e. sagging. We care because we live in this world too and want to make it better. And unfortunatley I haven’t heard anybody say one good thing that sagging has caused.
October 18, 2007 at 2:16 PM
saggin get white people to talk about becaues we are so black people have a bad rep so lets change and dont sagg. if you do sagg like me dont sagg that much sagg a little or not at all.
October 24, 2007 at 8:25 AM
I thought you might appreciate this article on npr about saggin’…
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15534306
October 24, 2007 at 8:14 PM
hold up peeps
i don’t like to sagging my pants but;i don’t mind people who sagging their pant
October 26, 2007 at 10:49 AM
I dont get it??
October 26, 2007 at 12:44 PM
I first read about the true meanings behind letting your pants sagg on Global Grind. I’m not one to walk around with my pants down, but I remember doing it when I was younger and didn’t know any better. It’s safe to say that I won’t be doing that anymore.
October 30, 2007 at 5:33 PM
Yes we should respect your freedom of expression- And on my next statement dont get me wrong- I am not one of those people. but if we allow one person to have freedom of expression then I should allow people who like Hitler to place photos of him in their cubical I should not complain if I see a swastika. Women should be allowed to not wear a top so we can be cool when we go outside like men do. WHen I check my mail in the morning I should be able to go out there with my boobs just hangin out for the whole world to see. I should be able to say nasty things and no one should have a complaint…No I dont think we should ever have freedom of expression without responsibility so take it as you will.
People who object to sagging are not objecting because they want to attack your freedoms. They are doing so because sagging is utterly stupid.
November 6, 2007 at 2:18 PM
Wether sagging is stupid or not is a matter of opinion! There are countless things I see in society today that I have a negative opinion about such as women showing all there titties through cleavage showing shirts, low rise jeans that show g strings, muslim women wearing sheets of clothing in 90 degree weather, punk rockers wearing chains and spikes and black clothing looking like walking zombies, etc! But although I do not like to see these things, that is what our country has given us the freedom to express! Our OWN style! People bark and bitch about seeing someones underwear! DONT LOOK! At least they are not showing there naked skin and bare body parts like women who show everything except their nipples! As long as they are covering their body parts, I dont think its right for anyone to take that freedom away because they have an opinion or a dislike because of the style! If society enforces a ban on sagging, it needs to enforce a band on everything else that people have a problem with such as gays kissing in public, cleavage showing clothing, punk rock chains and cult looking clothing, sheets in hot ass weather and everything else that people think is stupid in their minds!! NO!! You can not enforce and take away a freedom to choose no matter how ridiculous you think something looks! ITS CALLED COPING WITH THE DIFFERENCES IN SOCIETY AND IN OUR WORLD AROUND YOU!!
Plus in my opinion, to say someone isnt educated based on how they look is as less educated to say! How the hell do you know someone’s intelligence level based on how they where they’re clothing? Stereotyping all people to think they are a certain way shows the small mindedness of people who claim they are sooooo smart! I agree that a large majority of people may be uneducated and may have a criminal history, but to think that a person who is sagging is a thug or is uneducated is the same as thinking all blacks are ignorant, all mexicans are illegal immigrants and all whites are devils….which is very stupid to think!!!!
Now, although I think that it is good to teach kids decency, forcing grown adults to wear their clothes a certain way to please people is just freaking ridiculous. If I go to work everyday and pay money for the things I buy, you better be prepared to get cussed out like a sailor if you try to tell me how to wear my clothes to your satisfaction. You dont see and hear people saying “Hey pull your pants down, you look like a damn geek!” Nobody should enforce their opinion on somebody else no matter how distasteful they think it is. Especially when there are no body parts being shown. (AND PLEASE MISS ME WITH THE “I DONT WANT TO SEE YOUR ASS!) You dont see a person’s ass who has on boxers. You see there boxers but not skin! No one is saying anything to women who show skin everyday from the hood to Hollywood! The best option is to teach kids that in public places like school, church, court, the workplace, etc. this is not allowed. But to force grown people to wear clothes to your satisfaction is ridiculous and will get you a quick “fuck you go to hell” finger! Next they will be forcing people not to wear certain hairstyles and all kind of silly things based on personal dislikes. This is ludicrous!!
November 7, 2007 at 8:55 PM
This is a terrible article. White America has truly fooled you, innit?
Please think a little harder next time…
November 9, 2007 at 3:51 PM
No I think they have fooled you Nigga. But whatever. People make assessments of you by the way you look first, it don’t matter than you have a good heart or a nice personality. They see you as a thug. That’s their first impression of you. While to the young it doesn’t matter, when you try to get a job wearing those “pants” it will. You won’t have a good job to support yourself. So maybe you should wonder who is fooling who.
November 10, 2007 at 7:48 AM
How have I been fooled? Why do you assume that I wear baggy or sagged pants? I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing baggy pants; I have never worn these and never will. I probably wear pants far tighter than yours, old black lady, but that has nothing to do with this. Anti-sagging pants is all racism. I am a very well dressed gentleman, and I would never show up to an interview wearing nothing but my best. Again, this has nothing to do with the subject. Why do you think I don’t have a job, or can’t get a good one? You sure have assumed a lot of things…
Anyway, my point is that if this is the clothing style, or is associated with a particular subculture, then that is what is. Is this associated with homosexuality? By and large, absolutely not. I’ve never heard of this being part of a gay subculture, prison or otherwise. If I had to make a guess, I’d say that it has to do with wearing handmedown clothing, and that evolving into a clothing style, with poorer blacks adopting that merely because they were more comfortable that way. There was also a fashion trend in the mid 90s focusing around loose bottoms, but it is difficult for me to say whether that came from the streets or from fashion houses. Chanel copied rampantly from hip hop style, and later on brand started to rip off “skater” style from California. Many of the early skate brands had some version of baggy pants, originally in the hammer style, with a lot of taper, and evolving to the enormous style we know today. Perhaps there was no real reason for loose pants to emerge again…perhaps it was a response to tight pants (especially denims) of the 1980s, but it doesn’t really matter. The main point is that it has nothing to do with homosexuality or thuggery. It has come to represent “badman,” only because of it’s youth associations. I’m sure in 10 years there will be something else to complain about, perhaps kids will wear their pants too tight? I can see that coming.
If you don’t like reading: baggy pants are not bad, they are clothing. There is no association with homosexuality. If you submit to the superficiality of others, you are a lackey. That kind of slave mentality won’t get you anywhere.
December 6, 2007 at 2:51 AM
You seem to be associating homosexuality in a bad light and you are wrong for it. Dont group thugs and Homosexuals together because they are two different kinds of people. I am Bi female and built very well. And just because I have a lesbian relationship doesn’t mean I’m wrong. So stop pointing a finger and saying that people who object to saggin are racist when you are the one apparently displaying racism. I would like to know how you can be black…grow up and endure all the things it means to be black and yet display such bigotry? When I was growing up- I asked my daddy why the schools were segregated- I couldn’t understand what was wrong with me going to the same school as people who were black…I was as a little girl not allowed to hang out with one of my friends or go to school with her because of segregation- her parents views and my daddy’s views and it is wrong now as it was then. What is worse is how people try to impose their Christian views and assume everyone is a Christian. And if you are not Christian you are wrong somehow…Sagin is not well received by me because I really don’t like looking at a mans hairy ass. I don’t care if they want to wear their pants low like that, fine. but please tuck that BUTT! Besides it looking stupid it’s a sure indicator of a guy who lacks common sense. Let me see- you want to be a gansta. OK so lets assume you do something illegal and run from the cops. How in the hell can you run from the cops with your pants tripping you cuz they are hanging around your ankles?
Let me tell you something else:
Last year I happened on these boys and they were in the street having a rally- I asked them “who amongst you is pure white” they didn’t know. they could not reply. I told them that nobody is really white and if the really wanted to get their cause going they would have to start a eugenics program…See its sickening nowadays all these people and their little categories. NOBODY SHOULD EVER USE THE WORD N______ER OR ANY WORDS LIKE THOSE. Nobody should ever be talked to that way not amongst themselves or by others. I find it very bad to have to listen to people of other races talk down about me because I am white. I am whiter than anyone you prob know but It doest mean I’m uncool or have not the ability to dance or sing or am lacking in some way. Nor does it make me wrong because I don’t like rap or black styles. IM not black, have no desire to be black and am fine being a bi. There is nothing wrong with me and I’m not going to hell. Nor am a Christian and I don’t need to be converted.
So Yea sag if you must. BUT Pa LEASe hide that butt because seriously guys it aint pretty.
January 2, 2008 at 12:14 AM
OH WoW!
What’s wrong, with saggin is that it’s a open invite to kiss someone’s ass and I ain’t the one. It is very disrespectful to others and the that would do some shit called saggin. What? You got to show the world that your a ass now? I seen one guy just walking down the street, eating something and his pants fell down, what kind of shit is that. I wouldn’t let mine out the house looking that way, and they are at the age that I can do that. I want them to grow and respect themselves and others. I don’t want them trying to run from the Big Dog, and get bit because they have this thing going on with them called saggin. My daughter had company at my house one day, and when I walked in his pants was down around his knees. I went off! I will not be disrespected in my own house! You know what he said? What? Young Man buys shorts, then pull them down around his knees until they look like pants, he forgot something, his ass was hanging out.
January 29, 2008 at 3:55 AM
There’s nothing wrong with being a rapper or an athlete. If thats what you wanna do, if thats where your heart is GO FOR IT, cause we all watch sports or either listen to some form of rap music. I dont sag my jeans because its not my style, but I don’t knock anyone who does it. I just laugh at them. We can’t judge them because even though we don’t sag our pants we may do SOMETHING that offends them or other people as well. People should just worry about themselves. We need to sweep around our own backdoor.
July 29, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Since when does being a professional athlete & rapper sit in the same category as a drug dealer???
This piece is traveling through the net and I don’t think this is totally true, but I have my opinions and you have yours.
I am a Mother of a 13 y.o. boy who loves basketball, gets extremely good grades and once in a while likes “sagging.” Of course I tell him to pull his pants up and have alleviated this by buying him bigger pants so that he can have them on his waist, yet still have his pockets down low. I support, love, guide and take an active interest in my son and in return I see before me a young black male that is destined to become something great whether it be a professional athlete, rapper, CEO, Team Owner or otherwise. He has my love & support as well as his DAD’S and I think that is what makes a difference. I know where my son is at all times and I keep tabs on him because he is my responsibility as well as his Dad’s!
I wish everyone would talk to the older Black Males & Females that are not taking care of their children and leave the kids alone about their “fad” before we have our next generation of thugs to deal with.
“Obama for President”
August 7, 2008 at 1:24 AM
I truly appreciated this article. We need to teach our black children that “saggin” makes you look like an uneducated, poor, impoverished, gangsta, drug pushin, lazy black male (not a black man, but a black male…there is a HUGE difference). And parents, why would you want your child to step out of the house looking like that anyway? They represent you. We need to train our children to present themselves well in the public. I get so sick and tired of seeing black males with their pants around their knees. We need to clean up our image. Many of us as Blacks are well educated, hard working, and take care of our home life and our children. As a manager in a non-profit organization, there would be no way in hell, that I would ever hire a black man to work for me if he came into my establishment with his pants saggin…even if he came in just to pick up an application and he was saggin, I wouldn’t even consider him. So it is true, the way you dress speaks loud and clear. This article said it and so will I, PULL YOUR PANTS UP. It makes you look like a dumb, ill-informed, illiterate jackass.
August 16, 2008 at 11:18 PM
yerrrr!! white boy sags od and all my white Feens do too!! i like the word niggah too!..y cant we refer the word niggah to any person any raise..whats poppin my niggah?lol
August 28, 2008 at 5:42 PM
To the guy who said you wish someone would tell you to your face that you look like an idiot… What are you going to do; fight because someone made fun of your clothes… LOL Maybe you arent smarter than the 5 yr old son of the 43 who left the comment. And to your comment abut the college degrees.. The word Gnat is pronounced (nat). The G is silent. If we say sagging and it becomes “gniggas”, it’s still pronounced niggas because AGAIN the g is silent. Either way you look at it…..It’s ignorant. A nigga is an ignorant person and your stupid asses looks ignorant whether youre black or white when you are old enough to be potty trained and you walk around with your pants saggin off your ass! How many successful men do you see in sagging or saggin pants? When was the last time you saw Obama or Trump walking around saggin? What about Kwame Kilpatrick or Tiger Woods… Hell Tom Brady or Bret Favre…… NEVER… Diddy and Jay Z can walk around like that because they works for themselves and their clothes have their names stitched on them… I dont know what to say about this generation of men who thinks this style of dress is okay. Im getting off my soap box! We as employers have got to say NO more often to these applicants who dont pull up there pants. I WILL NOT hire a young man with sagging pants…BLACK OR WHITE!!!!! $@%$! Wont do it!!! My soul wont let me… If you start that saggin while youre in employed, you will be dealt with and these young ladies have got to let these guys know that saggin aint sexy!.. Good luck.. We’re going to need it…
September 14, 2008 at 1:38 AM
It’s so sad that the things our ancestors fight to stop and close the book on is now being opened by the kids of today. Slavery started cause Africans was ignorant, now ignorant black kids are pushing slavery on theirselves.
September 21, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Man this is garbage….. some body made this BS up! I do not support the niggas that wrote this BS nor do I think pants that are saggin is a good look for anyone!
Black People Stop Lying! White people have brain washed these ignorant,blind,deaf and dumb uncle Tom dumb Niggas to long!
They tell niggas anything and they believe it….And then these niggas come back and try to tell us black people that we are dysfunctional because of a trend!
Plumbers, Carpenters,Tight pants Rock and Roll singers and Fat People constantly walk around with there ass crack showing and you have not heard a word about it! But they want to lock up Blacks for there saggin pants. Hold up your 3 middle Fingers and tell the writer of that BS to read between the lines.
Hey that saggin pants law will most defiantly be in states were there is high electoral votes like Florida so they can stop blacks from voting by giving them a felony and these dumb niggas will back them.
Im going to blog the writer of this nonsense and ask her educated stupid ass to keep it real! Tell Kids that saggin pants is not a good look and why….This is a case of the blind leading the ignorant!
September 21, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Hey I agree with the educated writer….Its just a fad! That guy made a good statment….
October 3, 2008 at 9:35 PM
sum ppl sagg b cuz their s are horts2 short or sumthin n they want them 2 b big or pants 2 b baggier
October 29, 2008 at 11:56 AM
I never knew that saggin backwards meant niggas i agree with the author because its true
September 6, 2009 at 2:21 PM
i disagree… niggas and saggin is just a stereotype… and plus BLACK PEOPLE are NOT the only race that sags..
November 10, 2008 at 1:10 PM
It only spells “niggas” when you don’t use proper English spelling. Although the slang on the streets may be “saggin”, a properly educated person would know it should be SAGGING and thusly throws the racial term association under the bus.
November 12, 2008 at 2:24 AM
MORE THAN AFRICAN AMERICANS SAG THEIR PANTS….YOU ALL SOUND REALLY STUPID BECAUSE YOU ALL DONT APPROVE OF THINGS THE WORLD HAVE TO FUCKING BEND BACKWARDS TO FIX IT….LETS TALK ABOUT MORE SERIOUS THINGS THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE REST OF THE WORLD IS FACING….LIKE POVERTY, HIV, ETC….SMH ALWAYS TRYING TO SAY SOMTHING AINT RIGHT….WHEN GIRLS ASS BE AND THONGS ARE SHOWING THATS OKAY!!!! OR WHEN PARIS HILTON DOES ALL HER SHIT AND THE REST….MAN STOP BITCHING AND IF U DONT WANT TO SEE IT TURN YA DAMN HEAD
November 21, 2008 at 8:38 AM
4 yall 2 just sit dwn an actually think 2 configure that saggin spelled backwards means nigga u need 2 get a life, … i feel the article wen it comes 2 black people needing 2 stick 2getha n everythng but people act like saggin is the worst shyt in the world wen u got people out here robbing, killing, and all the other shyt going on. sagging aint got nothing to do with being black or none of that because like homeboy said white boys, Arabic,mexicans and every other nationality does it to. its a fad just like anything else. just like thongs 4 females or back in the day with everybody with tight ass pants. you have the freedom to dress and express yourself any way you want. and its not indesent exposer because your not even showing no skin. if you dont like how it look than cool dont do it!! and if you dont want to date somebody who does it than cool dont!! DATS WATS WRONG WITH AMERICA TODAY. EVERYBODY ALWAYS LOOKING AT THIS LITTLE BULLSHIT INSTEAD OF THE BIG SHIT THAT US AS BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT LIKE RACISM!!!
November 21, 2008 at 8:42 AM
I SWAR MAN YALL IS FUCKING STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 30, 2008 at 6:31 PM
just wandered in….
Love that google, good stuff. Take care….
December 21, 2008 at 4:22 AM
Man this some ignorant bullshit, makes me a shame to be even considered a part of the black race, with all this ignorance going on, from ignorant black women acting all ghetto and shit, talking loud like they in the fuckin country somewhere, useless gold digging bitches. To Motha fuckin niggas hanging, their pants low, you some ignorant faggots, yall bitches need to be locked up and get ass raped in jail, i swear if the world ended in 2012 and end up being a lawless world, i’m fuckin going columbine up in this bitch.
Tired of this fuckin bullshit, seeing bitches and niggas like yall everywhere i go. Stop your ignorant behavior. And we wouldn’t be considered a race of ignorance.
April 18, 2009 at 4:43 PM
I dont sag a lot, I just dont like to wear my pants around my belly button. I am really tall and skinny though. It does look stupid when people wear them under there ass but you people sound like grumpy old people who are haters. The times are a changin people quit your bitchn
June 30, 2009 at 1:24 AM
MEOW Stop yer hatin kitty gs
August 3, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Here is the problem people.
I-g-n-o-r-a-n-c-e
Are people even thinking when they read this garbage about saggin’ being a word developed back in the days of slavery?? Saggin is slang for Sagging…Does anyone really believe these slang words were around in the 1800’s??
To sag is to droop. Think to yourself people. What other commonly used word would best describe the look of wearing ones pants like that??? HENCE THE WORD SAGGING!!
It’s just incredible to read an article that starts out highlighting the fact that the writer is completely ignorant! All the while acting like she is intelligent.
This sister is exactly the type of sister that helped develop the word…
TRIFLIN!
DaTz RiGhT I Said iT!