Do you know why hoodies were adopted by gangstas? Makes it easier to conceal weapons....and with the glamorization of the gangsta lifestyle by the media, even “non-gangstas” have adopted it, because they think it makes them look cool......but to a non-informed person, it still makes them look threatening.....why take a chance in an area, where you know people will be suspicious?
Thanks for clarifying, and I do understand your point. I’m originally from a very rough neighborhood, and in general, only the hispanics (and generally the ones who were gang members) wore hoodies as a style of dress. (I’m from Las Vegas, where a jacket is really never needed for the non-existent cold weather, but a dress style choice, those hoodies were usually very thin, and generally white, black, or red, in color).
I currently live on the Utah, Idaho border, and people wear hoodies 8 months out of the year (girls even more often, if a summer night is cool). That’s why I was curious, because 15-20 years ago (and in my warm neighborhood of my youth), I would have understood hoodies being associated with thuggery. But fast forward 20 years, and I see hoodies everywhere, from the youngest of kids to little old ladies. I own probably a dozen, myself. Then again, I don’t live in the south, so that’s a factor. Thanks for explaining that to me. I had forgotten that in my native, warm climate, that hoodies were in fact, generally only worn by gang members, but that’s been a long time for me to think about.
(On a side note, if Zimmerman was a hispanic, that might even make him more prone to be suspicious, as I said, it is most definitely a trait of mexican gang members, though not exclusive to them today).