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[quote=Anonymous]I disagree with number 3.  I am school-based, and while I've seen both Hispanics and blacks wear pants that sag, I've yet to see whites do it. And it's mainly been black teens.  We have even had volunteers - successful black males - step in as mentors and give the history on sagging (which is really quite gross), and yet, the students will not change their "style."  Many laugh.

It's cool to have relatives in jail, according to many, and while you're reading this from a white woman posting, these words came from my principal, who's a black male with brothers in the penal system.

I've seen black males chastise other black males in public for sagging. And in my experiences, while I've seen more and more minorities enter the teaching profession, these men and women are in a different socio-economic class and have kids in schools that are either private or high functioning.  So just as whites practice "white flight," my colleagues clearly have removed themselves from a certain population.  In my opinion, bright flight is more applicable now.

So I believe it's about class/socio-economics first, but in this country, low socio-economic level - at least in populated urban environments - translates into black and Hispanic.  And being poor and ignorant is indeed becoming a "culture."  I live it every single day, and it's ugly and sad.

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1. What does appear more educated mean?
2. Are you saying that every black person you've encountered has spoken in a loud voice in public? Have you never been in settings where other races are loud in public?
3. Teens are the ones who usually follow that clothing trend and other races participate in the practice. Do you usually judge a race of people based off their teens?
4. It is not my job to smile and make you more comfortable. It is, rather, your insecurity that needs to be improved upon. [/quote][/quote]

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