Hoodies in summer

saintfan
Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:11:20 +0000

I am still stuck on race mattering RE clothing in a presumably neutral location. OP, you named Dickies as a suspect brand and named low slung and or long as suspect styles. Is my S suspect for wearing the below the knee Dickies clown shorts? If so, because of brand association? Because prisoners wear orange which connotes wannabe thuggishness? Because, being a white as snow ginger in big orange shorts he may be seen by some to have a menacing “A Clockwork Orange” appearance? Because of baseless childhood evil clown fears?
If he is not menacing in said Dickies shorts (worn in a totally goofy no meaning except “don’t you wish you could get away with wearing these?” manner), would the answer be the same were he black?

Again, you reference wrong place / wrong time. Is your suburban school drop off zone a place where this kid would be judged to be a criminal based on a hooded sweatshirt? If the answer is “no” move on already. If the answer is “yes” you’ve got bigger fish to fry.