VLVL II: "What is Fascism?" (fwd)

[Ghetta Life]

>From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>>
>
> > How the West should deal with Muslim fundamentalism and the head-scarf 
>(or other religious symbols) in public classrooms is a conundrum.
>
>I let students wear Ché T-shirts and doo-rags, colors, bandanas, met hats, 
>yankee hats, rangers suck hats, whatever. I wear a Baltimore Orioles hat 
>with my Long Island Duck's sweater vest (both orange on black) and on 
>halloween I just strap on a pair of black pumps and carry a matching purse.

Yeah, but you're talking about the US (and especially NYC) where diversity 
is the norm.  Europe has been largely insulated and very resistant to such 
changes in their "norms."  France seems to have suddenly developed a great 
fear of their Mid-East population, and is grasping at scarves.  The only 
schools in the US that have avoided the issue of style and the messages sent 
by personal dress are those where everyone is required to wear a uniform, 
and even hair style are regulated.

Ghetta

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