(NAME-MCE) Baggy Pants

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Greetings,
 
This brought to mind a video that reinforces a school dress code. It shows  a 
student accessing weapons he concealed inside baggy clothes. The video is  
found at the website below.
 
_http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4215819484116213069&q=school+dress+gu
ns&total=911&start=0&num=50&so=0&type=search&plindex=0_ 
(http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4215819484116213069&q=school+dress+guns&total=911&start=0&n
um=50&so=0&type=search&plindex=0) 
 
Gina Boltz 
Director, Native Village Publications 
Director, Youth Forum for The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous  
Grandmothers 
_http://www.nativevillage.org_ (http://www.nativevillage.org)  
Secretary, Link Center Foundation 
_www.linkcenterfoundation.org_ (http://www.linkcenterfoundation.org)  
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/18/2007 9:54:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
winnsandra at gmail.com writes:

The  State of Louisana recently has outlawed the wearing of baggy pants.  I'm
sure that you know this style. It is the pants that hang below the  waste
line and often expose designer boxer shorts. What is most interesting  is
that Louisana has imposed a 500 dollar fine or imprisonment for wearing  this
style in public. As a list serve dedicated to equity, I would love to  read a
discussion about this matter. What does this law bring to your mind?  When,
if ever, is it necessary to impose laws as a dress code enforcement?  How do
you think this law will work as a deterrent for elementary children  to
follow suit (pun intended)? How do we help to make racial profiling  stop?

I am including the CNN on-line article for those of you who wish  to read
more about this  matter.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/17/baggy.pants.ap/index.html

Sandy  Winn
NAME List Serve Moderator


 



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