And it has nothing to do with the boobies...

Although, I'm sort of hoping her date wore what Obama's wearing in that "art" one post down.

I've chaperoned a few proms in my day and have yet to see anything resembling your examples of prom fashion.

Actually, the kids tend to dress quite conservatively. The noticeable difference from my high school days is the dancing, which is more like dry-humping.

I think the rule of faux feminism is if The Man doesn't like your boobies, they're feminist boobies, But if A Man likes them, they're sexist boobies. Or maybe there is no rule and it varies on some kind of cycle.

Here's 2007's Miss Texas wearing one. Did they call out the Rangers to take her away?

1. Only one inch of the midsection can be shown
2. Bare back are acceptable
3. Slits in the dresses can be no more than three inches above the knee
4. See through fabrics should not be in places which reveal private body parts
5. Proper undergarments must be worn
6. Tennis shoes of any kind are unacceptable

She was definitely in violation of #1. The handcuffs came out when she refused to leave. This is a total non-story.

The girl was in violation of 2 seprate rules, she signed and agreed to adhere to.

1. She was not wearing panties. 2. She was showing way more skin than allowable.

Asking Erica to include these facts in her reporting is a bit of a stretch.

Afterall, she's an advocate, not a journalist.

I missed the part where ECB explains that this is THE school where ALL the black kids are REQUIRED to go. would you please point out the citation?

Or could it be a High school in a predominately black neighborhood?...

My High School had a disproportionate ratio of Catholics... (Some thought it was because it was a Catholic school... but now I know better.)

I looked up the history of this orthographical travesty and it started as an inside joke amongst expert code-writers and gamers and is now a tag for poseurs.

let them dress any way they want. its fucking high school.

Texas teens tell police they converted skull into bong

@ 22: She violated a school rule, not the law.

and @ 20: Uh, it's worth noting that a hotel in an uptight, very wealthy, mostly white neighborhood singled out a black teenager and, instead of having her kicked out for violating school rules, had her ARRESTED by the POLICE. I think it's pretty obvious why I was pointing that out.

It's surreal to read a paragraph where, in the first sentence, you accurately describe what she got arrested for, that is, refusing to leave, and then, one sentence later, you change it to say she got arrested for her choice of clothes. Read it out loud to yourself and tell me if you think it sounds weird. Seriously.

I think the only thing that is fucked up is that she didn't get her money back, but it's not fucked up enough to write a story about. Prom tickets aren't like $1,000, as far as I know.

Plus, did they take her to jail? Or take her home?

And, excuse me, I'm the feminist here.

LOL. For Christ's sake, why do you hate women so much, elenchos? What's the matter with you?!

stop repressing the young folks.

considering this happened in texas, in my extremely biased and highly unflattering opinion -- which is based entirely upon conjecture and various sub-plots from "dallas" (sorry ECB, i'm an unapologetic texist) -- she's lucky she didn't have her head blown off. correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't this how scores are settled in the lone star state?

Well it wasn't that obvious. How could anyone have guessed from your post that hotel was in a white wealthy neighborhood?

Please let me know where you saw it.

I found this site and thought it was appropriate ;)

Seriously though, being from Houston (where Sugarland is a suburb), this story isn't like it's a shocker.

I've noticed over the past several years how black teens seem to edge more towards the "Pimps Up - Hoes Down" dress for their Proms. It's inappropriate period, even more so at a "school function" regardless of where it's held or how much the ticket was.

I do find it a bit appalling that you feel it adds punch to make this story sound as if it were racially motivated. That's complete bunk, as far as I'm concerned. Sugarland isn't a " Very wealthy, White, Uptight Neighborhood"... at least, not any more. Perhaps you need to drive through your old stomping grounds. You're thinking River Oaks, where even the poor kids know better than this.

I think the more pertinent question is "WHO gave her the idea that this mutilated hand towel was appropriate for public wear?" More importantly, WHERE was her MOTHER or other Parental figure?

This fashion atrocity should have been stopped LONG before the school should have had a vote. Hmm.. according to the Prom Agreement, OH LOOK, she already knew this was not appropriate. Her intention to wear this dress was to cause exactly what happened, needless garbage in the news. This is made very clear when she told the news crew that she "wasn't wearing underwear anyway..."

I'm sure the screaming and cursing level was fairly high, not to mention the stir of "What's going on!?" causing a crowd from within the prom as well as without. As a hotel manager, I'd have had the screamer and crew escorted out by security/police too. You didn't mention whether these were off duty policemen who were providing security for the Prom (a good idea these days, period).

Really, check your facts, or at least express both sides. Blathering Racism in Texas is really in poor taste these days. We're all Mexicans now.