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Re: dress code for public schools (My 2 Cents)

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From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 00:00
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In article <65r24s$5nl@examiner.concentric.net>,
FireFoxx <sean19@concentric.net> wrote:
}No, I do not beleive kids should be forced to wear uniforms, but now I think
}there is a need for it!

}In the past couple of years one problem has really been disgusting to me, is
}the way our youth cares about their personal appearances.

}One Example is the BIG Goose Coats.  These coats are horrific and makes
}black youth look like thugs.  It is not the point of people waering these
}coats, but if you look down the street you would think that 90% of black
}youths wear these coats.  They are remarkebly warm, but I have put my goose
}coat in the back of the closet due to the stereotype I receive when riding
}on the bus, and going to work each morning.

You have such a coat, and you complain about others with similar
coats?

}When I bought my leather jacket, now people flock to sit next to me, when I
}had my goose I got dirty looks and an empty seat.

ROTFL.  Sounds like reason enough to wear the goose coat.  Of course,
at one time the leather jacket had a similar stereotype associated with it.

-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue." 
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From: russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: dress code for public schools (My 2 Cents)
Date: 1997/11/30
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