From
Politics1.com:
If freshman State Rep. Derrick Shepherd (D-LA) gets his way, the state will soon criminalize -- yup, criminalize -- the wearing of pants too low. Shepherd filed a bill this past week that would make it illegal for a person to wear "his pants below his waist and thereby exposing his skin or intimate clothing." If the bill is adopted, violators would face a fine of up to $500 and/or up to six months in jail. "I'm sick of seeing it ... The community's outraged. And if parents can't do their job, if parents can't regulate what their children wear, then there should be a law," explained Shepherd to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Shepherd is black, and I can't figure out if he's young or old -- but he's attacking hip-hop culture with this bill. I mean, in the last five years or so, big-name hip-hop has gone from being
socially conscious to being
socially reprehensible.
I have a crazy theory that the misogynistic, violent turn of hip-hop has something to do with all the rich, white executives that control it.
Maybe, instead of attacking hip-hop, Rep. Sheperd should help take it back.