Why does the sight of a male - African American - as the video appears to target, with pants dangling off his derriere somehow mean he is a low-life, a thug? Why does another black man believe this video, which tends to place blame, will be received by its target audience? Finally, why does the choice in clothing dictates how law enforcement responds to its community of people they are sworn to protect? I submit to you that the latter question should concern us most.
Stop making the conscious decision to fit the description."įirst off, as indecorous as it may look to others, who are somehow offended at the sight of sagging pants or trousers that are too darn low, wearing them in that manner doesn't necessarily equate to criminality as the Pull Up Your Pants Challenge suggests. We need to stop talking, acting, and living like thugs, and start talking, acting, and living like men. "We need to start thinking about how we represent ourselves, how we talk, how we act, how we deal with police. "We're quick in our communities to talk about racial profiling, but what we don't want to focus on is what we're doing to contribute to the problem, even if just a little bit." Marine, helped to popularize the Pants Challenge by lending his voice to the conversation in a video shown above. And in case you missed it, he feels obligated to repeat the challenge by pulling up his pants to, let's say, traditional heights based of societal fashion rules. Instead, Charles pulls up his pants, which marks the challenge. Viewers soon realize that it is not a spoof at all. Donning bright-blue shorts and sagging pants, he begins the suspense by suggesting he has a kind of challenge of his own. The short 43-second YouTube video begins as if Patrick is gearing up for a parody of some kind. Patrick hatched an idea that aims to somehow save black males from themselves and from becoming victims of racial profiling by police, but with one simple caveat they must first pull up their sagging pants, according to Opposing Views. In the wake of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge's popularity, one man started something similar, but its message heads down a dangerous path of racial profiling the Pull Up Your Pants challenge.Īt times in this thing called "life," you see something that makes you go, " oh, no he didn't or only in the Land of the Free." This is one such moment.Ĭharles R.
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