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Senator Erects 'Stop The Sag' Billboards

New York's Senator Eric Adams is so fed up with the "Pants on the Ground" trend he's taking it to the streets of Brooklyn. A co-founder of the 100 Blacks in LAw Enforcement Who Care, Adams is putting up billboards that feature male models with sagging pants and read "Raise Your Pants, Raise Your Image." Adams says the trend, which started in prison, perpetuates negative stereotypes about Black boys and men. "This whole sagging pants culture seems to have swept the city and the country," he tells the New York Daily News. "On a practical level, how do they even walk?" Read More: TI's Akoo Billboard To Be Taken DownPoet Saul Williams on Morehouse Dress CodeMorehouse Men Told How To Dress Here's what you had to say: Yvonne commented: "Pull your pants up and walk like a real man and take your rightful place in society." NotImage wrote: "How about the senator goes back to working on the budget! The cost of that waste-of-space billboard could have gone toward not raising taxes in the state, or even towards keeping some after-school program open. It's not about image senator, but substance!"
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New York’s Senator Eric Adams is so fed up with the “Pants on the Ground” trend he’s taking it to the streets of Brooklyn. A co-founder of the 100 Blacks in LAw Enforcement Who Care, Adams is putting up billboards in Brooklyn that feature male models with sagging pants and read “Raise Your Pants, Raise Your Image.” Adams says the trend, which started in prison, perpetuates negative stereotypes about Black boys and men. “This whole sagging pants culture seems to have swept the city and the country,” he tells the New York Daily News. “On a practical level, how do they even walk?” Adams used campaign money to fund the initiative and plans to get pressure New York City public schools to pass an anti-sagging pants dress code. Read More: