# African-American promwear - is this normal? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-promwear-is-this-normal/187120 "2003-07-09T00:16:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-promwear-is-this-normal/187120/41 "2003-07-10T15:39:55Z")
I wonder if some of them aren’t even from a prom-the one girl in the black and white sparkly thing with the head band looks like she’s going to a Halloween Party. If that’s a costume, it looks freaking cool. But not for a prom. And Pasty Girl’s dress looks weird at the waist-I still say it’s Photo-Shopped. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-promwear-is-this-normal/187120/42 "2003-07-10T16:18:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*…And Pasty Girl’s dress looks weird at the waist-I still say it’s Photo-Shopped. \*\* I agree, photo shopped for sure. You can see some markings along the right side of her dress and even the pasties look photo shopped. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-promwear-is-this-normal/187120/43 "2003-07-10T16:47:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > **I wonder if some of them aren’t even from a prom-the one girl in the black and white sparkly thing with the head band looks like she’s going to a Halloween Party.** That’s what I was thinking. Now that we know these are photos from different times and places and that at least some have been digitally edited, there’s no reason to believe _any_ of them are from a prom at all. A couple say they’re from a prom in the corner, but anyone could add that in with Photoshop. These pictures could come from Halloween parties, sports themed parties, or whatever. My college had an annual “Tacky Party” the night before our big formal dance, and I’m sure photos from that event presented as prom pictures would be pretty shocking. So what we have here is a collection of photos of African-American teens, some digitally edited and some perhaps just showing kids in funny costumes, being presented as ordinary prom photos. The OP apparently didn’t know better, but someone started this thing and I’m not seeing any possible motive other than an attempt to degrade African-American youth. Charming. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-promwear-is-this-normal/187120/44 "2003-07-10T17:36:30Z")
Urgh! What are pasties!? ---
**Author:** ![DiLLiGaF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@DiLLiGaF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiLLiGaF)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-promwear-is-this-normal/187120/45 "2003-07-10T21:19:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pizzabrat \* > \*\*Urgh! What are pasties!? \*\* Pasties are normally reserved for strippers and the like. They are a material of some type stuck over the nipple so that the breast is exposed but not the nipple. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-promwear-is-this-normal/187120/46 "2003-07-10T21:35:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > \*\*The 5th pic down is from some website that does custom alterations. Someone sent it to me a while back, I thought it was pretty funny. If I can find the website I’ll post it. I’ll have to look through my work mail tomorrow. > This joker on this mb just collected the most ghetto prom pics that he could. The “picture” area looks different in 4 of them. It’s obviously not his HS. \*\* Like I said… [http://custom-kicks.com/](http://custom-kicks.com/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-promwear-is-this-normal/187120.md?page=2)