# Black men and earrings. Can we let it go already? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 14, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402 "2010-05-14T06:31:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/161 "2011-09-18T02:31:15Z")
I am of very northern European descent. I have a WASPy cousin, about 40, preacher’s kid, married with children, who wears rings in each ear. I have no clue why. Maybe he got them pierced when his daughter did, I can believe that. I suspect his wife is annoyed by it, but I honestly don’t know. Even if it is a “black” thing, who cares? Good grief, it’s just jewelry! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/162 "2011-09-18T05:45:36Z")
> [@pikey\_pete](#): > > yup. I live in Texas. Fort Worth. Rodeo buckle of the bible belt. Cowtown. Where the west begins. Home of the worlds largest honky-tonk. and yes, I have seen plenty of cowboys with diamond stud earrings. I also live in a place nicknamed “Cowtown,” and if you see someone with bling and/or diamond stud earrings on, they definitely aren’t an actual cowboy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/163 "2011-09-20T16:21:26Z")
The Cowboy Police actually make you turn in your Cowboy License if they catch you with metal in your ears. True story. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/164 "2011-09-20T16:23:28Z")
I believe it. You don’t mess around with the Cowboy Police. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/165 "2011-09-20T16:57:07Z")
I love their song, “Every Breath Y’all Take.” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/166 "2011-09-20T18:50:15Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I love their song, “Every Breath Y’all Take.” This made me snort out loud. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Joez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Joez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joez)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/167 "2012-01-02T02:18:10Z")
no matter how trendy the stupids think men wearing ear rings is , it looks very feminine, and show off, like in idiots, it is true that they also need to wear matching lingerie. doesn’t matter if they have money or not sissy is sissy here and in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/168 "2012-01-02T03:05:49Z")
Thanks you for contributioning. I does inform stupids. ---
**Author:** ![UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/46a35a/32.png) [@UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UFC_Is_Sux)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/169 "2012-01-02T03:42:56Z")
Mr. Clean, you got some ‘splainin’ to do … ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/170 "2012-01-03T21:13:58Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Thanks you for contributioning. I does inform stupids. Make sure inform in small words. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/171 "2012-01-03T21:37:51Z")
> [@Laudenum](#): > > Very few white guys wear earrings. > For that matter, most black men don’t either. I’m a white guy. No wait, there’s more. I’m breathtakingly white. I’m the fucking Arctic Circle of White. My genetic map is so devoid of color that that ultraviolet rays pound down on my lack of melanin and bounce back up into the universe, screaming across the cosmos in search of some receptive dermal layers. I’ve had an earring since about 1987. First a silver stud of one variety or another. For many years, a small loop. Silver. Thicker on the bottom. –Shrug– So I have an unrequited crush on Ed Bradley. What of it?? 😛 Can’t say I wear lingerie. Leastways, none that match. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402/172 "2012-01-04T13:33:05Z")
My take on the O.P. is, that if it doesn’t harm other people then new and different, fashions, whether you find them esthetically pleasing or not, make the world a more interesting place. Personally the fashion for wearing trousers half way down your arse to show off your underpants to others, strikes me as totally naff, and makes the wearers look silly. But if THEY’RE happy with it, then good for them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402.md?page=8)