Young black males are regulated too. Jefferson Davis Parish passed a bill banning the wearing of pants in public that revealed “skin beneath their waists or their underwear,” and newspaper accounts featured images, taken from the back, of two black teenage boys exposing large portions of their undershorts. The parish imposed a $50 fine for a first offense and $100 for a second. A town ordinance in Ville Platte (in which 54 percent of the population is black) requires residents to wear “something reflective” and visible from all directions on an outer garment when walking after dark.
