It's a $2 piece of headwear, but we've always worn them like crowns.

For almost as long as Durags had been a staple in black culture, white supremacy is

tried to criminalize us for wearing them.

How did this all start?

This is Two Minute Black History, what you didn't learn in school.

Two rags have been a staple in black culture since the 1970s when they were popularized.

While we were trying to get waves and or protect our hair, races were enraged by this rejection

of white beauty standard.

In the 90s and early 2000s, do rags were everywhere, and naturally they became a part

of black culture.

Rappers wore them, and Alan Iverson was known for rocking his on the basketball court,

until white supremacy stepped in.

The 1994 crime bill in New York City's Stop and Frisk policy encouraged the rise of

respectability politics, the lie that if we just acted respectable, we'd be safe

from racism.

Rapp and Frisk was another way to profile black people who fit their anti-black descriptions

of criminality.

Due to the cultural popularity of Durags, they got swept into criminal stereotypes, and

Durags quickly became a state sanctioned symbol of criminality.

By 2005, both the NFL and NBA banned Durags with the NBA citing Durags as safety hazards.

But we all know this move for races.

Alan Iverson even spoke out about how he felt targeted.

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