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After seeing a lot of the videos going around about the Houston Rodeo, just know next year, whatever strict ass rules they enforce, I 100% fully support that because y'all that is out of line. Like, that is embarrassing for us. Like, that don't make no sense. And I'm talking about whatever rules from the way you dress. And yes, women, you know what the hell I'm talking about.
I'm outside at the Rodeo and a new ick has been unlocked. When you see a girl with like shorts on or a skirt and her the bottom of her ass cheeks are hanging out of the the skirt or shorts, that is an ick. Why do you need attention that bad? Playo, playo, playo, playo, playo.
So, y'all got to talk about what appears to be another strong, strong, strong case of ghetto fatigue featuring the Houston Rodeo. Because as I've talked about in prior videos, uh the EBT community has decided that they're going to make Houston their new spot, right? Houston has been the spot for the EBT community this spring break and unsurprisingly you have a bunch of chaos, fights, destruction, violence, shootings, you know, what you would expect, right? If you got a whole bunch of people from the EBT community uh gather in one place to party. Uh yeah, Miami cracked down on this a long time ago. So, the EBT community decided that Houston's the new spot, right? Uh and one of the spots that the EBT community is uh going to is um the Houston Rodeo. And this is causing problems because you have people who are showing up to what is supposed to be a family-friendly event. You have children walking around. They're showing up in booty shorts, right? In hoochie mama outfits, okay? They thought it was a holdout, right? This is what they thought. Uh and this is causing uh a whole lot of people to take to the internet and backlash over the outfits that we're seeing at the Houston Rodeo. A lot of people are saying that this is inappropriate, that you should not have young women showing up to this Rodeo uh with their asses hanging out, with their chest out, with all this skin showing, okay? And we already know where a lot of this outrage is directed toward.
I went to the Rodeo last night for Shebazi and the outfits were the absolute worst I've ever seen them. Like, y'all do know that children are eye level with your bare ass when you wear these insane outfits, right? Like, I literally, you guys, I literally saw someone wearing chaps with just like a thong underneath. There's kids who are eye level with your entire ass. And by the way, it's never like an ass you want to see. Just saying. It's really gotten to a point where they have to they have to enforce a dress code. Like, it there's no two ways around it. The outfits are getting worse and worse by the day. What happened to the fingertip rule? Like, what happened to like trying to wear something that was, you know, at your fingertip length when you have your arms down next to your side? What happened to dressing with like a tiny bit of decorum in class? And the bigger issue comes in when like it's never just one body part that's showing. Like, if you have to show one, pick one. I don't need to see all of them. Like, you guys I don't think you guys understand. Would I get in trouble on TikTok if I like posted photos of people? Like, that's probably so rude, but I don't think people who don't go to the Rodeo and don't live in Texas understand the magnitude and the gravity of how bad and trashy and tacky and quite frankly disgusting some of these outfits are. Maybe I'm more conservative than I thought I was because the videos and pictures I've seen from the Rodeo this year of people using ass cheeks as an accessory have appalled and disgusted me. And I love ass as an accessory. I went to the Cardi B concert last week. So much ass shaking, there was an assquake. And I keep seeing people comment saying, "Well, children go to Mardi Gras and they're just fine." Yeah, because when you go to Mardi Gras, you expect to see ass cheeks. I'm going to a Cardi B concert, I expect to see ass cheeks. I'm going to a Mardi Gras parade, I expect to see ass cheeks. I'm going to an event that is founded and exists to fund children's education, I shouldn't see your ass cheeks. Act like you've been here before. Have some decorum and put on some damn clothes.
Native Houstonian here. Don't tell us how we should feel about the Rodeo that we've been going to since we were children and our parents have been going to since they were children. The Rodeo is a children-friendly event. It is a family-friendly event. The whole the whole all that money that's spent at the Rodeo gets donated to children's organizations. It's a fundraiser. I heard I literally just saw someone say, "Well, after dark kids don't need to be out there." you're an out-of-towner. Don't tell us what where to bring our kids to our event that we've been going to since we were kids, Cuz when we were kids, guess what? We were there after dark. You know why? Because it's a child-friendly event. It's one of the few events that children are actually welcome after dark. I also saw someone else saying, "Well, it's not a kid-friendly event because they have alcohol." Okay, they have alcohol at Astros games. Does that mean you can't bring your kids to an Astros game? Of course, there are some things for the parents, but overall, it is a child-friendly event. It is a family-friendly event. Just because they serve beer and wine doesn't mean that you're not allowed to bring your children and it's not a family-friendly event. They have mutton busting at the Rodeo. It's a carnival. They have piglet races. Like, they have face painting. Like, it's it is a family-focused event. It is a fundraiser for children's organizations. I don't need any out-of-towners using their out-of-town tacky ghetto as a guideline for how the Rodeo is supposed to operate. From sunup to sundown, it's a child-friendly event. Alcohol or no alcohol, it's a child-friendly event. Dress and act accordingly.
Houston, something needs to be done, okay? Next year, there needs to be some rules for the Rodeo, okay? You cannot come in unless you're 18 and older or with a parent because the amount of teenagers and kids there were yesterday who really messed that fair up. I mean, the fair shut down for a minute. They stopped all the rides until they got everything under control. It was insane. I've never seen that many people at the Rodeo ever. At least in one Like, [snorts] it was just so much, y'all. I had a panic attack. There were horses and policemen in the middle of the crowd trying to get the crowd under control. People were running. What are y'all running for? Trying to cause stampedes. Stampedes under live people, do y'all know that? Stop doing that. There were so many kids. I have a 15-year-old. There were so many kids there her age. I never want to be in that environment ever again. Like, when I tell y'all so many fights broke out last night, I'm pretty sure y'all see it all over TikTok. I was there. It was insane. Insane.
I don't care what anybody says, but what I wore to the Houston Rodeo should have been the least of y'all's concern. And I told myself I wasn't going to respond to the negative comments, but I'm going to put this out there because I'm going to defend myself since I'm getting so many nasty, hateful, and really mean comments. So, this was the outfit I wore and I posted a walking video and for some reason it ended on the wrong side of TikTok and now I'm being personally attacked for it. Number one, I was wearing American Eagle shorts to the Rodeo. I did not search up butt cheek shorts. I did not get any shorts from a boutique. I got them from American Eagle and I know a lot of people shop there. Number two, my behind was not out. When you're walking, obviously things are going to rise up, which happens to me because I am not slim. I am not skinny in the back. Naturally, when I walk, things rise up. I did not buy those shorts so that they could rise up on the back of me. Yeah, so you're saying that you read that.
Now, the backlash is so real. So real that the Houston Rodeo has come out and responded and said, "Hey, we're cracking down on this ghetto behavior, right? We're going to start really enforcing and updating our dress code so that we don't see these uh [laughter] on uh at our family-friendly event." So, without further ado, let's go ahead and get into this. Rodeo Houston is asking you to take a second look in the mirror before attending as they have updated their dress code.
ABC 13's Polyana Pearson spent the day talking to attendees and the Rodeo CEO to find out what the changes are and how they're going to enforce it. This may be a Rodeo and livestock event, but it's also the perfect place to do some people watching as we all come dressed to impress. But now that perfect Rodeo-themed outfit might need a makeover as Rodeo officials say they have made changes to their code of conduct. This comes after an onslaught of social media posts about what some people are choosing to wear. Boots, hats, and denim. If you're attending Rodeo Houston, the fashion is one of the first things you'll notice Yeah, this is what you're supposed to wear, right? Okay? Uh this is normal, right? This is appropriate. You see this? Outfits where, you know, people are covered up, right? Okay? That that's what you're supposed to wear. the gates, but the fashion has evolved over time. Some attendees say for the worse. I mean, if you really want to keep it family-friendly, I would suggest coming in like earlier before before 4:00-ish, between 10:00 to 4:00 would be a good time to, you know, experience it with your family like appropriately, sure.
Rodeo CEO and President Chris Boleman says after a spike in feedback on clothing choices, they decided to listen and updated their dress code. "I think it's about making sure your skin is covered uh to to some ex- you know, to to a great extent. Making sure that what you put on as you think about a 9-year 8-year-old looking at you, would it be appropriate? Would they be asking questions?" New Rodeo guidelines say they can deny admission or remove people wearing clothing with obscene images and language, excessively torn clothes, visible undergarments, or clothing that exposes portions of skin that may be considered inappropriate for a family environment. Bowman says what is and isn't appropriate is subjective. Meona Graves with Texas Southern University says subjective rules can create problems when it comes to enforcing rules equitably. But if we're just going off of eyesight, how do we say what is too short? How do we say what is Easy, easy. If I see a cheek, if I see a cheek hanging out, it's too short. Right? Easy, okay? If I see a cheek hanging out, it's too short.
[laughter] I mean, come on, right? If If I If I If I see 75% of your breasts, then it's too short, right? If I see 80-90% of your skin, then maybe you're showing too much, right? I'm just saying like, you know, um it is subjective, but we all know when an outfit is inappropriate. We all know. We We all can feel it, right? We all feel it inside when we see it, okay? Too revealing. If someone has like a a mesh top on, do we say that that's too revealing or where do we draw the line? Greaves says more clearly defined rules on what is and isn't okay could help ensure everyone is being treated fairly. Bowman says they aren't looking to single anyone out and trust the people enforcing the code of conduct. "We feel very confident in the security that we have on site with uh with different levels of security around the grounds to be able to address it just like we would address anything that happens here every single day and night. I'm Liliana Pearson, ABC-13 Eyewitness News."
Yeah, so you seen that, you heard that, right? Uh now you have some outlets who are boohoo wanting to cry about this claiming that this is uh discrimination, right? This raises discrimination concerns, right? Because the Houston Rodeo is enforcing a new dress code policy, right? Amazing, absolutely fascinating. Uh how is it that, you know, requiring people to put clothes on somehow is uh racist, right? And discriminatory. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo instituted a new dress code as part of its updated code of conduct, which took effect immediately after it was announced Tuesday. The swift implementation came after online discourse reached a fever pitch with tweets and TikTok videos complaining about a growing trend of inappropriate outfits on the rodeo grounds. Dressing up in your best western wear is a part of the experience for many. Still, there has been growing chatter about folks taking their outfits too far, showing up in clothes that many find too risqué for an event that is supposed to be family-friendly. Although many have praised the rodeo's decision to crack down on revealing western-inspired wear, there are concerns that the dress code could be used to disproportionately discriminate against people of color. Now, again, why would it discriminate against people of color, right? Does it just so happen to be that so-called people of color are the ones that don't know how to dress, right? Maybe that's it, okay? Maybe it's not racism and hate bigotry and trying to target black folks. Maybe black people are putting a target on themselves by dressing inappropriately, right? Cuz that's what people are talking about, let's be real. That's what people are talking about. What people go online and they talk about is what you're talking about is fact that a lot of people are coming to Houston for spring break, the EBT community, and, you know, they're engaged in EBT type of behavior, okay? Everywhere they go, doesn't matter, right? They don't know how to show up to a rodeo appropriately. They go everywhere like it's a strip club, everywhere. Dress codes have a long history of being used in bars and clubs to discriminate against people of color. For example, last summer, Houston City Council member Edward Pollard proposed an amendment requiring nightclubs and dance halls with dress codes to clearly post the policy at their entrances after he and City Controller Chris Hollins were denied entry into a Midtown establishment. Well, I mean, again, if you're not dressed appropriately, then it it is what it is, right? The rodeo's new rules prohibit and remove anyone from the grounds who is deemed to be dressed in outfits that, quote, could distract from the experience with other guests. Exposed undergarments and excessive amounts of skin are both cited as factors determining if an outfit meets family-friendly requirements.
Yeah, so you seen that, you heard that. Some people are boohoo wanting to cry racism as per the usual, right? This outlet, Cro, right? Boohoo wanting to cry racism, but it's not racism, okay? It's not racism. It's brand protection, right? That's what it is. It's brand protection, okay? Um you can't allow people who are not from the community, who are from out of town, to come in and to ruin your brand, right? Because they want to come for, you know, a good time, but they don't know how to dress appropriately. Uh yeah, you can't allow those people to ruin the the show or to ruin what you're trying to do because your actual customers, the people who, you know, frequent these events, who go to these events every single year, um they're not going to want to go anymore, right? If it turns into uh one of these, you know, ghetto events. A lot of people going to say, "Oh, no, we're going to skip that," right? We're going to skip it. So, you know, if you don't want your event to be ruined, right, by the wrong crowd, then you got to crack down on it, right? Quick, fast, and hurry, you can't wait. And I made the same point about Ruth's Chris yesterday. I made a video about Ruth's Chris. Ruth's Chris now saying that, "Hey, we're going to start enforcing our dress code, cracking down, right, on ghetto behavior." I said, "Look, yeah, it ruins the brand, right? It It ruins the brand when you allow these type of people to come to your establishment and they're not dressed appropriately, right? Same thing with the Houston Rodeo. Same exact thing. It's brand protection. So, let me know what you guys think. Make sure you like, comment, and subscribe. Also, follow me and share. A black conservative perspective. Peace.