My 12 year old white son wants to wear black teen boys fashion…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you mean Urban fashion. And it’s popular amongst all races from the US to East Asia.

+1

All the MS boys at our public were wearing that look courtesy of Shien and the Jordan sneakers too.

Mine is now at a private HS so he isn't in it daily (uniform) and seems to be outgrowing it. But, the kid has always had his finger on the pulse of music and fashion and way ahead of trends which I find very cool since he's not shy about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’re concerned that this is going to come off as cultural appropriation, I would hire a stylist.

My son went to an event in DC and he said he saw a lot of "European and light skinned people". They were just white kids Culturally appropriating black styles and slang. LOL. (We used to called them wannabes)

We're not White but do live in the Suburbs so it's not something he's really seen before...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is black teen fashion?

If you go with the stereotype then,

Black fashion: oversize bright color clothes, saggy pants and cool clean shoes (color probably matches the outfit).

White fashion: Random worn t-shirts with logos, basketball or khakis shorts (all year around), worn dirty shoes. (nothing matches)

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If he likes it, that’s fine and I am ok with buying but I think he should be aware should someone say something to him and he isn’t prepped. So we go in to the store, my kid is clueless that he and me are the only white people in store so that didn’t work. He’s too small for the clothes anyway but how do I have this conversation?

So does he have Black friends and he is saying he wants to dress similar to them? If that’s the case just casually observe them when they are hanging out and take note of the stuff they are wearing and just look for that stuff at stores. It’s one thing to want to dress like all your friends. It’s another thing to think buying some clothes will suddenly make you friends or attract those people to be friends so if that is his goal I would nix the idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is black teen fashion?

If you go with the stereotype then,

Black fashion: oversize bright color clothes, saggy pants and cool clean shoes (color probably matches the outfit).

White fashion: Random worn t-shirts with logos, basketball or khakis shorts (all year around), worn dirty shoes. (nothing matches)

LOL

Ma'am, nobody under 40 wears khaki shorts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uh, there is a brand called FUBU. Leave OP alone.

Never heard of it, do they only sell their products to people with dark skin?

[Anonymous]

My Asian daughter wants to wear 40 yr old white man clothes.

It'll be ok, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My Asian daughter wants to wear 40 yr old white man clothes.

It'll be ok, OP.

No one will call it cultural appropriation in this case though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uh, there is a brand called FUBU. Leave OP alone.

Never heard of it, do they only sell their products to people with dark skin?

LOL. And is the cutoff based on shade or percentage?

[Anonymous]

OP, what does your son want to wear that you consider inappropriate? Like what specific clothing items? I'm having a hard time imagining what this is.

If it's baggy clothes and Jordans then the whole world is wearing those so you can relax

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uh, there is a brand called FUBU. Leave OP alone.

Never heard of it, do they only sell their products to people with dark skin?

No, but FUBU is “For us, by us.”

[Anonymous]

Nobody wears FUBU - GTFOH

[Anonymous]

As a Black person I am puzzled about what "Black teen boys fashion" is. Help me out someone.

[Anonymous]

I have a black teen boy. Back to school shopping consisted of purchasing a 5pack of plain tshirts from H&M and a couple Nike shirts with the swoosh on them. He won’t wear jeans. Bottoms are jersey shorts from GAP or athletic shorts.

Not sure where you live but the black teen boys in Moco don’t typically dress in the clothes you described.

[Anonymous]

OP, I know nothing about fashion, but I think I get what you are asking. I live in DC, and my kid played on DCPS and PG county sports teams where he happened to be the only white kid and all the other kids were Black. His friend group was 100% his teammates, they all dressed similarly, not in a way that was “Black”, but in a way that was more slightly urban/streetwear than most of the white kids at his school. Also, he got into expensive Jordans for a while. Again, none of that is “Black teen fashion” per se, but it is what that group of mostly Black teens wore at that time. Nobody said anything to him or seemed to think he was appropriating anything, but he eventually moved away from dressing that way because his friend group changed from mostly athletes to mostly musicians, and they are all into flannels and doc martens.

I will say that I’ve heard kids make some negative comments about white people in dreads, but as long as you son isn’t growing dreads he’s probably fine.