walking while black - Trayvon Martin

[cannongal]

I don't see a problem making a display of solidarity using one's attire. The hoodie in this case has become a valuable symbol and can be used to unify. Like pink ribbons worn for breast cancer and yellow ribbons for P.O.W.s the hoodie had a symbolic reference to the words being spoken. I only wished for a reenactment of the scene from 'Dead Poets Society' where Robin Williams came to empty his desk and the students stood on their desks in solidarity out of respect for what he stood for. All doing this while the teacher slammed his fists on his desk demanding that they sit down.

The Million Hoodie March was a display of unity using ones attire-what this idiot did was nothing but ploy to grab attention for himself.

Senators and Congressman should be held to a higher expectation for attire-they make over a hundred grand a year and one of them show's up to a senate hearing wearing a Walmart hoodie?

If our own senators and congressmen don't have enough sense to wear appropriate attire to work, what does that say to the world about the rest of us?

That we'd rather dress like hobo's? That we like to hide our faces with hoodies?

There's a reason the sign on the bank door says "remove hats, sunglasses, and hoods before entering".