From the Prattville Progress, it appears that in Autauga County, AL, one can get suspension and sent to Alternate Training School if you wear white tee shirts (no markings) and black pants if other kids show up the same day wearing the same outfit. I wonder if this would apply to wearing blue jeans and the same NBA jersey or the same Crimson Tide tee. (Well, I guess it would if this were an Auburn area). "Gang" photo found at Montgomery Advertiser.
According to the article, the superintendent didn't know of any gangs whose uniforms were white tee's and black pants, but, just to be safe he suspended kids.
According to the Schenectady Times Union a 13-year-old will be suspended from school for wearing a necklass made from red, white and blue beads from a Christmas Present. Again, this was "gang colors" and, although the school didn't know of a red, white and blue gang "You can't measure prevention." This is going to court. Wonder if that school displays the flag? Line found on Right Nation Photo of this terrible gang member and her dangereous beads on Stark Truth
The stories are from schools over 1,000 miles apart. I can find two common threads. Both the "gangsta's" are black. Neither school had any inkling that their apparel was directly related to gang behavior, but under some logical process decided, without evidence, that it did. Frankly, this seems like out-and-out racism. The popular kids clothing styles and colors are not unlimited. Kids, like adults, tend to emulate things they see and like. It is not surprising that several kids will show up wearing the same style and colors of clothing on a given day. The second one is a study in absolute stupidity by the school administration.
Schools have quite a potential problem with gangs and gang-related activities. However, in these two cases, the administrations should take a gang awareness class. Schools also need to concentrate on educating the kiddies. Seems that these two schools have forgotten what the primary reason they are there.
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