Houstan HS in Hot Water over "Thug Day" Where Everyone Dressed Like, You Guessed IT!, Black People

[Turd Fergusen]

Many people in Houston land on both sides of the fence after Memorial High School students this week surfaced in viral photos wearing basketball jerseys with questionable accessories for spirit week.

The school allowed students to wear jerseys for one of their approved theme days on Tuesday, but some student made "inappropriate" and unapproved additions, the district said in a prepared statement.

The collection of photos shared on social media, which has received 17,000 're-tweets' and 48,000 'likes,' shows the students wearing durags, fake tattoos and gold chains as part of their attire.

The school canceled the remaining themed days for spirit week. Some people said they didn't find the attire offensive at all, and equated it to "kids just having fun."

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Houston community reacts to Memorial High “Thug Day” fallout

Here's how some members of the Houston community reacted to the fallout from Memorial...

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[Benighted]

It blows my mind that in 2019 anyone can still think this was a remotely good idea, but here we are.

 

[EyEgOrE]

At least no one showed up in black face?

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

Isn't AMERICA GREAT?!
There are so few real problems left that we need to worry about dumb highschool activities.

 

[Satanica]

I certainly don't think it's a good idea, but, on the other hand, thugs shouldn't be considered actual representatives of the black community since thugs come in all races, so I don't think thugs, per se, need to be off limits for ridicule.

 

[Sejanus]

So very inclusive.
They gonna do KKK Day?

 

[notchback]

Just to see what the results would be, I searched "Thug" images on Google, Bing Yahoo! and DuckDuckGo.

All 4 come up with what these kids dressed up as. It's not the kids, it's society and it's those who apply labels to themselves.