02-25-2011, 04:05 PM
(02-25-2011, 01:10 PM)My3littlepiggies Wrote:(02-25-2011, 01:02 PM)curious Wrote:(02-25-2011, 12:50 PM)curious Wrote: Geeze, if anyone on this forum works for the Toledo Convention & Visitors Bureau I would highly recommend a new image/marketing plans be in the works :O
I can see it now...Toldeo: Living in a Gangtas Paradise
Sorry, couldn't resist
Ok I want to clear up what everybody sees on the facebook pages. Its called hip hop style. Its a style. Flat billed hat big sweatpants and such. Doesn't mean your a gangster or a criminal. Its a style. Most city kids dress like that. Though some of the people on the pages might very well be criminals I'm sure that all of them aren't. My husband dresses and talks like that. He's not a gangster or a criminal. He's just a guy who grew up in a mixed culture. He's not a poser either. This is urban not suburb crap.
Most people have no idea of the genesis of that which they emulate. The hats came from baseball. Hip-hop came from the ghetto. Baggy pants falling off the body came from prison culture.
Lets see... If I had a young daughter, would she be listening to Miley Cyrus and and watching MTV? Fuck no. I'd take her to the ballet, the symphony and send to her Outward Bound. Which kid would you think would have a better chance at turning out better?