Whugs

As I was walking around Redmond this afternoon, I noticed that the town is populated almost entirely by 28-58 year old white and Indian people. Some of the whites are European, some are classic American whiteneck and redneck, but it's a pretty goddamn whitebread town. There is an element, though, which makes little sense to me.

Is it the proximity to a major West Coast urban area? Redmond has a bunch of whugs cruising around. What's a whug? A white person who tries to look like a black gansta-rapper-emulating thug, that's what it is. I saw a man walking with a fat white woman today (it was 65 degrees and sunny), and this man was clad entirely in black winter wear, with a big, puffy segmented coat (not unlike Goretex George from The Dinner Party) and a pair of sagging athletic warmup pants. On his head, he donned a white bandana, folded to cover his head like a beanie and put two knots at each of his temples. Weird!

However, not an isolated case. Whugs are always walking around Redmond during the daytime, at the Town Center, at various 7-11s, and definitely at the fast food joints. I don't understand why there are whugs in Redmond, and I similarly don't understand what it is that they do here. There's no night life, no stoops, no record stores, and only one or two tobacconists. If anyone can shed light, feel free, but for now... I remain perplexed!