British High School bans expensive coats to stop "poverty shaming"

[hostsamurai]

I bought my son Jordans & a fur Stone Island jacket after half term.

Naturally, the kids wearing Spider-Man kicks and deflated puffers gave him shyt about it.

I don’t actually label-shame but I ain’t playing small to please other people’s pockets either

Wealth is a crime when you lack self-protection.
What's he supposed to do if a group pulls up on him and asks if they can borrow his coat?

 

[Gold]

All of ya'll cosigning this don't realize how arbitrary it is.
Ya'll getting mad at the parents buying their kids Moncler, but there may be truly broke kids getting at mad at you for buying your kids Nike.

There's ALWAYS someone poorer than you, I can promise you that.

You want to erase poverty shaming, you gotta find the poorest person in your school and bring everyone down to that common denominator.
If he shopping at Goodwill, congratulations, your ass is too from now on.


Its easy to get mad at the "rich" people.... but I promise the majority of ya'll aint shopping for your kid at Goodwill.
You probably more "rich" and "bougie" than you think

 

[Speaking Womanese]

Wealth is a crime when you lack self-protection.
What's he supposed to do if a group pulls up on him and asks if they can borrow his coat?

He’s 5, not 15.

He’s not the only child with nice things either.

Some of the kids in his school are 7 with iPhone 7s.

 

[AJD]

Hell naw, ngl I woulda been livid in school if they made some dumbass rule that you couldn't wear jordans/nikes but only sketchers and bobos

 

[jwinfield]

I reject your premise.

Who says what children are allowed to enjoy?
Who says what children are allowed to stress?
Who says what's stupid and what isn't?

This entire thing is a slippery slope because you can use the same "poverty shaming" arguement to ban Iphone X, Nintendo/PS4/Xbox, etc.


You do not govern these things for other people, regardless of how badly you want to.
If you have a problem with the way other people consume name brands, easy fix, don't follow in their footsteps

So much energy is wasted getting upset at how other people live their lives that you can easily forget to live your own.

We should ban kids from eating Frosted Flakes because their classmates may have to eat the generic joints

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

"BOOOOOOOOY IF YOU DON'T GET CHO BIG...."

that youth

I don't blame them



When I went to high school and we would see kids in bummie ass clothes we use to COOK'EM kids don't know better, now I see that's wrong....but as a kidi would light your ass on fire if you came to school dusty.

 

[Jamal514]

If financially unstable people would get thier shyt together before having kids, this wouldn't be an issue.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

They should let them kids wear expensive shyt. Easier to get the drop on them

 

[Bumblebreh]

I reject your premise.

Who says what children are allowed to enjoy?
Who says what children are allowed to stress?
Who says what's stupid and what isn't?

This entire thing is a slippery slope because you can use the same "poverty shaming" arguement to ban Iphone X, Nintendo/PS4/Xbox, etc.


You do not govern these things for other people, regardless of how badly you want to.
If you have a problem with the way other people consume name brands, easy fix, don't follow in their footsteps

So much energy is wasted getting upset at how other people live their lives that you can easily forget to live your own.

A lot of these kids are already facing the pressures when it comes to self image and now they have to add on the pressures of wearing expensive clothing as a means of fitting in.And it is of no surprise when they grow up and struggle when it comes to identity, finances and self awareness and the toxic means of faking the funk kicks in on instagram. These kids legit think they will be earning six figures at 30 and living like a youtuber.
You are excusing the early stages of toxic behavior of trying to fit in and it manifests because people learn to place higher values on self image and materialism.The fact that you place a higher value on things that eventually depreciate once the fad kicks off is worrying.We have kids out here in third world countries who cannot even afford an education and yet on the other side of the world we have another kid who cares more about his canada goose and less about his education.

 

[ORDER_66]

fukk them broke motherfukkers

 

[Bumblebreh]

He’s 5, not 15.

He’s not the only child with nice things either.

Some of the kids in his school are 7 with iPhone 7s.

now why does a 7 year old need an iphone?



These kids are going to be different.

 

[Speaking Womanese]

now why does a 7 year old need an iphone?



These kids are going to be different.

These kids get dropped to school in G classes and range rovers. An iPhone is a drop in the ocean to them.

I don’t believe in kids having iPhones & iPads but I do remember my parents thought that Walkmans and CD players were too much. We had all of that and grew up just fine.

 

[OC's finest]

shyt I wish a motherfukker would say something like that in the USA ain’t my fault you can’t afford the drip. We been spending a band or better for clothes since my sons inception. I be dammed if I dress him down to appease some randos

How much u make to be able to afford this

 

[Bumblebreh]

These kids get dropped to school in G classes and range rovers. An iPhone is a drop in the ocean to them.

I don’t believe in kids having iPhones & iPads but I do remember my parents thought that Walkmans and CD players were too much. We had all of that and grew up just fine.

You cannot compare a walkman to an iphone and yes you are going to see luxury suvs dropping off kids in private schools but i am taking about poorer people who subscribe to the keeping up with the jonase mindset to fit in.
The ipad generation of kids want to consume more.They become more depressed and they lack the social skills.

 

[The Minister Of Culture]

How much u make to be able to afford this

i wonder about that sometimes when i hear coli nikkas talking about how much money they drop on shyt idk if its facts or

you mean to tell me thecoli has got the biggest congregation of black folks that make 200k a year