- When you see a black or latino youngster, particularly
on the street, you walk to the other side of the street.
- He should be worried about the fact that there is actual
thuggish behavior taking place.
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- The parents of black and latino youngsters, particularly
to not let their children go out wearing hoodies.
- It's ridiculous.
Everybody owns hoodies.
- It's weird that I have to like think about like
alright man, I'm going out to this thing.
Should I be wearing a hoodie or should I try to wear a
button-up and try not to give off
that vibe of danger to anyone.
- If I wore like a straight red shirt and like red shoes,
my mom would not let me go out of the house, you know,
because she thinks that I'm gonna be
perceived as a gang banger, whatever.
- MLK had on a suit when he got shot, you know.
We've worn different articles of clothing our entire lives.
It doesn't make you less of a victim cuz of what you wear.
- It's different.
For us, it's not only just for like job interviews and stuff
like that, it's going out at night, it's
going to bars and stuff like that.
- My style is comfortable without looking like Steve Jobs.
I'm not gonna walk around wearing like a turtleneck.
- First time that I was really called a nigger,
me and a few of my boys, some girls
invited us down to some high school show.
Now, we didn't know that she is the
only black girl in this high school.
So we go down to her school to see this show,
and as we're sittin' there watchin' it, we heard somebody
yell, "Who invited the niggers?"
I was like, what?
They can't be talking about me, I'm wearing a polo.
- I feel like that the hoodie thing is an excuse,
you know what I mean, it's easier to say it's the jacket
that you're wearing than the skin color of the person.
- I just started wearing like baseball caps
because if I wear it, like I like wearing 'em low.
If I wear a baseball cap low in a car,
I'm gonna get pulled over easy.
It's not even a question.
- I've always had hoodies.
I've never been told I couldn't
wear one for a certain reason.
I'm aware of how it may be perceived,
but that's not my fault.
The way that it's perceived has nothing to do with who I am.
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