Blog Entry 4:
“These rap artists influence the way they dress,” he continues. “They look like hoochie mamas, not like they’re coming to class. Young men with pants fashioned below their navel. Now, I used to wear bell-bottoms, but I learned to dress a certain way if I was negotiating the higher education maze. I had to trim my afro.” (Evelyn 1). It’s simple. There is a time and place for everything. Do you wear your swimsuit to a job interview? Do you wear a leotard for a dance routine to your soccer practice? Society is set up with formality. School is considered to be a place of learning, nothing else. An inappropriate dress code is not a far stretch. Dress appropriately when attending class. Your clothing should not be a distraction to others. If your underwear is hanging out of your pants it can be considered a distraction. However, I do not believe that teachers have the right to stereotype students, such as Hinmon. He is coming from an environment where he is use to dressing the way he does. It is their job to perhaps suggest a more appropriate dress code rather than shun him. The display of someone’s outward appearance does not relate to their inner intelligence. Therefore, I am back and forth on this topic. As spoken, in this piece, it is a different generation and instead of placing students into category, people should take the time to understand an individual rather than judge them. You are the product of your environment.
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