a bigger question is why do kids dress and act like that? I was in high school in the early 2000’s, and we had style. You’d get clowned for dressing like that. Not to mention the attitudes these kids have. Not sure what these parents are doing out here…
People have b*stardized the concept that what matters is not your appearance but who you are.
That's fine and true...to a point.
But it's also true that presentation matters and is a reflection of who you are and the image you want to send out to the world.
Now granted, we're talking about high school kids here. So nobody is expecting GQ levels of style. But crocs and hair nets and sweatpants is preposterous and embarrassing and low effort.
People get super defensive about this.
All you have to do on the coli is just make a thread asking when people should stop wearing fitted baseball caps or Jordans or whatever. You get all this pushback as if it's crazy to think that age and style don't have SOME correlation. After all, there's a reason 30 year olds don't wear onesies.
Studies have shown that attire does impact productivity and self esteem and that's something to consider for students and adults in the workplace in general.
To bring it back to the video -- is this racist or funny? I'm not sure. But I think it's a mirror. And sometimes being able to see how you are perceived or mocked by others can make someone take a look inward. Maybe they have a point, maybe they don't. And there's a hidden value in that. But to be honest, I think most people aren't mature enough or wise enough to take it that way.