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<blockquote data-quote="GayPride" data-source="post: 3279969" data-attributes="member: 127148">This started, though, with the suggestion (not from you but from others) that if someone dresses in hip-hop clothes, they&#039;re essentially asking to be prejudged as a criminal.&nbsp; It&#039;s partly their fault that others are suspicious of them.&nbsp; My feeling is that when someone chooses to dress a certain way, they may be choosing to associate with a certain &quot;scene&quot; in the &quot;I like certain music and certain dance clubs&quot; sense, but they&#039;re most definitely not asking to associate with the negative stereotypes of that scene.&nbsp; Someone doing cosplay may be &quot;asking&quot; to have you strike up a conversation about Battlestar Galactica, but they&#039;re not &quot;asking&quot; to be taunted about eating cheetos in their parents&#039; basement.&nbsp; Someone wearing a hoodie may be &quot;asking&quot; for you to strike up a conversation about what they think of Kanye West&#039;s new album, but they&#039;re not &quot;asking&quot; to be perceived as a potential burglar.PS--I also used to be seriously into the goth scene, and I still listen to a good amount of darkwave and EBM.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GayPride, post: 3279969, member: 127148"] This started, though, with the suggestion (not from you but from others) that if someone dresses in hip-hop clothes, they're essentially asking to be prejudged as a criminal. It's partly their fault that others are suspicious of them. My feeling is that when someone chooses to dress a certain way, they may be choosing to associate with a certain "scene" in the "I like certain music and certain dance clubs" sense, but they're most definitely not asking to associate with the negative stereotypes of that scene. Someone doing cosplay may be "asking" to have you strike up a conversation about Battlestar Galactica, but they're not "asking" to be taunted about eating cheetos in their parents' basement. Someone wearing a hoodie may be "asking" for you to strike up a conversation about what they think of Kanye West's new album, but they're not "asking" to be perceived as a potential burglar. PS--I also used to be seriously into the goth scene, and I still listen to a good amount of darkwave and EBM. [/QUOTE]

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