Sag and Fine - The Underwear Law

In the early 90's, black culture popularly advertised wearing thick, heavy jackets even in the heat of the summer. Times change, however, and cultural fads change with them. These days a complete reversal has occurred. Rather than pile on more clothing, it has become cool to wear less and have them hang off your body.

This is in reference to the trend known as Sagging, where one puts on over size jeans and lets them sag down their rear, showing off their underwear. This craze has led to pants designed to be worn no other way; a belt will not assist with these items of clothing. Suspenders would only be redesigned to allow these droopy drawers to continue to fall below the lines previous thought to be taboo.

It shall be unlawful for any person in any public place or in view of the public to be found in a state of nudity, or partial nudity, or in dress not becoming to his or her sex, or in any indecent exposure of his or her person or undergarments, or be guilty of any indecent or lewd behavior.

This was the wording of a recently passed law in Delcambre, Louisiana. In a town populated by 2,168 people, only twelve people objected before the vote. As anything dealing with black culture, the cry of racially motivated law making was brought to the floor. The Pull-Your-Pants-Up law was passed and now those showing their underwear whilst sagging can be fined. Louisiana is not the only state to engage in this debate. New York, Virginia, and Georgia have included themselves in the dress code argument.

Cities in several states are beginning to, or have, debated on the idea of dress codes. The idea is to remove the obscenity of near nakedness from the view of the public and meant to follow in the footsteps of penal codes dealing in public nudity and sex.

One has to wonder, however, if Sagging is an obscenity or a sign of stupidity. Not to be overly blunt, but my views of those who sag are not ones of disgust, and therefore obscene. No, the views and thoughts that run through my mind are more comedic in nature. Just to view someone sagging is to experience a moment in moronic history.