Bwhhat? Style Oppression? D:

I wrote my response to Aleah's post, "Swagga-Style".

I disagree with what Aleah is saying. By styles adapting to races of people, it defines people's culture by complexion instead of location. She is racially profiling individuals by their clothing, stating that black people can wear baggy pants while white people can wear skinny jeans, but interchanging and switching each other is wrong and is considered to be against social demand. I find this point of view offensive, as it is seemingly oppressive and unjust. Having to wear a particular style based on your race is ludicrous. When did clothing become a standard on which to base race? This idea can also lead to racism in communities similar to pre twenty-first century America in times when people were fighting for their own civil rights. If people belong to different factions, such as religion or politics, it is a melting pot of racial profiles, as they're black republicans and black democrats.
People should be able to wear whatever style of clothing they want without being sought as different. Seeing other people like this will create racism, despite what Aleah says even though she claims that her view point is not racist. If you identify something as different, your initial reaction is that you don't like it. Profiling someone's clothing to their race as different than yours will create the same hysteria in times such as the 50s and 60s. This is an unhealthy standard for a society, as everybody sees people different than the.
I'd also like to discuss how these styles stick to different races. How did black people primarily start sagging jeans, and why is it known that white people tend to follow the skinny jean-skater trend? Think this could be for a number of reasons, ranging from either personal preference to social demographics. While there is the argument that people can pick their own styles, as you do see white teenagers sagging and vice versa, if you look at the difference of prices between the two stlyes, the marginal difference between clothing styles may widen. Skinny jeans. Depnding on where you buy them, may range up to as much as forty dollars, while low riding, wide fit pants that are used for sagging as much cheaper, going for as low as ten dollars. If you factor in also shirts, hats, and other acessoies that the different styles have, you can see why it is more common to see Black people sag, as it is proven that black families have a lower income then other races, showing a reason based on economics why styles may differ based on race.