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Ok guys, I'm back with more talk. There is this phenomenon that has
bothered me, to say the least, for a long time. Why do the younger
Cameroonian/African generation ( please take no offense in my usage of
Cameroonians as an example) see the not so nice aspects of
American/western culture as the societal norm in this countries?? By
that I mean, the "ghetto" "bling" sporting, "durag" wearing, pants
"sagging""video girls" hip hop culture that has saturated American
society. Its a question that i've pondered on without coming up with a
viable answer. why do we feel the need to imitate a culture that is
clearly not ours? It also strikes me as funny that the people who go
about looking like that are not taken serious for one minute in America.
They are perceived as more or less 'thugs' and uneducated. Looking back
at the history and origin of this culture, "the style of sagging one's
pants, or wearing them baggy and low without a belt, was also a style
that originated in prisons...hip hop fashion has taken on significant
influence from the dress styles of street thugs and prison inmates".
With that said i am left thinking why on earth would anyone want to
portray such negative connotations. the truth of the matter is this
fashion sense is not "cool", trust me it hasn't gotten any one any were
and it wont start now. Funny enough, we do it thinking we look very
"American cool" but all I see is a pathetic facade of the real thing.
Its like trying to dress up a chicken in coattails, instead of its God
given feathers. We as Cameroonians/Africans have a culture that we
should be proud of. we don't need to go around picking up peoples bad
habits to feel good about ourselves. Originality is the secret
ingredient we are missing as a country and continent. when that sets in,
then and only then will we start seeing Cameroon/ Africa as a power
house to be reckoned with.
