Hoodrats in college

Sitting in BW3 restaurant Tuesday, I felt the need to continue this theme on thugs in college. Now, it’s time for me to address ‘hoodrats’ in college, which is a group of women who are in the same family as thugs. As me and two friends sat in the restaurant, there were many appalling scenes that would make Harriet Tubman and Madam CJ Walker roll over in their graves. Tubman would have been saying, “I rescued slaves for this! These women are acting ignorant when they have been allowed the opportunity to be educated. Slaves died for this opportunity.” Madam CJ Walker would have been so upset to have invented perms that she would have stayed natural and went into another business. She would have been disturbed to see that black women have turned straight silky hair into catastrophic disasters from the addition of green and blue highlights to long 20 inch ponytails added.

Crazy hair colors are not the only thing that can make a college hoodrat, but also clothing can create them. There’s nothing wrong with wearing black name brand clothing, but it can get overboard. You can be put in this category of ‘hoodrat’ if you are in public wearing every item that BabyPhat has invented with the addition of blonde and red highlights. This overall appearance is just adding to the ‘hoodrat’ stereotype. Also, you can fall into this category if you decide to wear your club dress as a casual day outfit. There’s not a problem with a woman having a nice body. Some black woman are blessed with having boobs and a butt, but there is not a need to flaunt both of them during the day at the store or on Sunday at church. It seems that everyday, I see a college ‘hoodrat’ half naked in public with shorts that are overly short and breast that are hanging all the way out. I knew that rap videos influenced many uneducated women to want to be like the girls in the videos to get attention, but I'm just now finding out that college women are also being influenced.

There is also the attitude of the college ‘hoodrat.’ The ‘hoodrat’ is always loud in public saying things like, “hoes are always jealous of me because I have style.” The truth is the ‘hoodrat’ woman needs a stylish. Halle Berry role as a crack head has more style then the hoodrat does. The college hoodrat is also cussing out teachers, not caring about their education and focusing most of their attention on men. The hoodrat also always starts fights. Come on, we are in college so why are we fighting? I understand that sometimes fights may occur, but when they become consistent to the point that every time you go out you are fighting then you are labeled a ‘hoodrat.’ This isn’t just my opinion, but when people in public see you fighting then they put you in that ‘hoodrat’ category.

College hoodrats are also overly sexual active. They have many sexual partners, and they speak about it to all. These hoodrats are also easy. They tend to have sex or participate in sexual activity the within the first two week or couple of days after meeting a guy. This is not classy. It is also not classy if you have more than one sexual partner at a time then it could cause potential problems. You may have an unplanned pregnancy and not know your child’s father. You may also get an STD and not know who gave this to you. You will only be seen as a ‘hoodrat’ because of these things. Hoodrats are seen as nothing but sexual objects.

One question I ask, “Why are there so many ‘hood rats’ in college? It is said by many that when you excape a negative environment, you dont try to bring that same environement with you. College is suppose to educate us and make us more aware of our image. Women should know how to dress. They should know that just because Nikki Minaj is wearing pink hair, it doesn’t mean that it is suitable for everyone. Minaj is a performer. This is not what educated women wear to work. Women, stick to natural hair tones. No men in college is going to want to date a college hoodrat unless he is a surburban thug or he is just trying to have sex. Young ladies have more class for yourself. Care about your appearance and watch how you act in public. Stop portraying these ghetto personalities, while you are in public. This is just making black men continue to treat black women with disrespect because you are disrespecting yourself. You are adding to rap lyrics. You are making them continue to release these Cds that degrade us. Your creating the hit booty dropping songs in the club. It’s time to grow up and act educated!