Opuscula What is it With hoodies In 90o heat?

IT IS 90^o OUTSIDE AND A TEENAGER IS WALKING AROUND WITH A HOODIE PULLED OVER HIS HEAD.

I don’t think “Mad dogs and Englishmen”¹; rather I think “Is the person a criminal trying to hide to his appearance?”

Nothing racist about this: it makes no difference the color of the person’s skin.

 

I understand that some people who work outside need to cover their head and neck. A kepi (right) would do nicely, but I suppose kepis are hard to find outside of the French Foreign Legion. A baseball cap with a handkerchief also would work.

Most hoodies are made for chilly weather.

Why wear a hoodie in the summer — unless you are trying to hide something?

I see school age children going to class in hoodies — and even wearing the hoodie in the classroom.

Birds of a feather

There is an old saying the “Birds of a feather flock together.” Put another way, “affinity groups.”

Maybe is just me, but hoodies worn in the summer suggest something threatening.

Perhaps I’ve seen too many images of hoodie-wearing juveniles destroying property or burglarizing retail outlets.

I know, deep down, that a hoodie-wearing young person is not necessarily a criminal.

Still, to me, a youth wearing a hoodie in summer’s heat suggests to me that the person is a “punk,” someone I normally want to avoid.

Granted, it may not be “fair,” but it IS my “gut feeling.”

Not all criminals wear hoodies in the summer.

Not all hoodie-wearers are criminals.

Perhaps wearing a hoodie in summer’s heat is just a fad. Back in “my” day, the mark of a rebellious teenager was DA-styled hair. James Dean and Rebel without a Cause and Blackboard Jungle were the style-setters and many adults felt about “DAs” as I do about hoodies. Much later, “Fonzi” of Happy Days, made the DA tolerable, if not acceptable.

Perhaps in another 20 years hoodies in summer also will be a “ho hum” non-issue.

But today …

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Sources

1. Noel Coward: https://tinyurl.com/y63b6vxf

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