Why you saggin'?

I did not author this article but I am passing it on to all of you. I get disgusted when i see a young man (some girls too) walkin' 'round with their fruit-looms showing. Even worse are those that have a belt but it is buckled at their butt line (legs meet butt). What's the purpose of that? Just let the pants bunch-up around your ankles. Sheeeeeeee......***!


WE ALL ARE VERY AWARE WHAT SAGGIN MEANS, SO PASS IT ON AGAIN AND AGAIN
UNTIL SOME OF OUR YOUTH HEAR AND UNDERSTAND THE WORDS.

Pass this on to Our Youth, Our Parents, Our Black Men and Women

Letter from a college student

The other day, a friend of mine visited me in the lobby of my dorm just
to chat while her laundry was drying. As we were chatting, two young
freshmen came by. One of the 2 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.

The first thing I told him to do was to pull up his pants! He asked why,
and then said he liked 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

N-I-G- G-A-S

I told him the origin of that look was from centuries ago. It was the
intent of slave owners to demoralize the field workers by forbidding them
to wear a belt as they worked in the fields or at any other rigorous job. In
addition, men in prison wore their pants low when they were 'spoken for'.
The other reason their pants looked like that was they were not allowed to
have belts because prisoners were likely to try to commit suicide. And,
saggin' pants prevents you from running.

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 held 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 that for us...

It all comes down to perception. What people perceive is what reality to
them is. 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 your Black Child. People point the finger at us and expect
us to engage in negative and illegal activities, to manifest loud,
boisterous behavior, to spend our hard earned money in their stores, buying
goods we don't need, or really want. We have allowed not only the media,
but the government and the world to portray us as a 'sub-culture. ' They
have stripped our culture down to the point where the image of Black people
is perpetuated as rappers, athletes, drug users, and consumers of junk
food, expensive tennis shoes, expensive cars, expensive TVs, cell phones and not
investing in homes for our families.

We are so much more!!!!!!!

To all our Black Men : It's 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 Man and a Black Woman can't handle with GOD
on their side.

To all our Black Women : It is also time for you to stand up. It is
time for you to stop using our bodies as our primary form of communication.
It is time to be that virtuous woman that Proverbs spoke of. You cannot
sit by the wayside while our men are dying by the masses. You are the epitome
of Black Love. It starts within you. You need to speak with conviction to
let not only our Black Men know, but the world, that you are the Mothers of
this world. You are so powerful. You are so beautiful. You need to love
and embrace every blessing God has given us physically, emotionally and
spiritually.

For all our 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.