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Originally posted by honeychile
For those who also had trouble seeing the dress with the article:
While this is certainly not my style, and if she was told not to wear the dress, she should not have worn it, let me ask one question: if this woman had worn a hoopskirt which looked like something out of Gone With The Wind, would there have been as much controversy? Why or why not?
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The hoopskirt wasn't directly associated with racism. People had been wearing hoops since the 1700s! It was fashion. The flag, on the other hand, was and still is an emblem of people wishing to maintain a culture of racism (Old South) among other nasty things.
My brother is a reenactor - War Between the States - so I have to see him running around with Rebel flags. It's not so fun for me, but I don't ever try to stop him. Just like I wouldn't stop this girl for her dress. It's her right.
HOWEVER, the school administration had already told her not to wear it and she did anyway. Now, if her wearing or not wearing the dress had been a matter of her graduating, I would have been furious. But, it's JUST A DANCE! Anyway, I thought kids weren't allowed to wear inflammatory material to school?? Isn't that standard or am I just crazy?
I mean, it's someone's right to wear a white hood and robe but NOT TO SCHOOL!
And, I agree with enlightenment06 - the dress is actually kinda cute!
ETA: Do you REALLY think she was wearing it because she liked it OR perhaps because she was making a statement??