Sean O'Reilly was 16 when his mother gave him the talk that most black parents give their teenage sons.
"Don't put your hands in your pocket a lot. People will think you have a gun," O'Reilly, now 17 and a senior at Teaneck High School in northern New Jersey, remembered his mother telling him. "Don't walk around with stuff in your pockets. People will think you stole something."
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Hoodie-wearers — a group that transcends race and age — interviewed in Teaneck and Paterson, N.J., this week said they wear the garments because they are warm, comfortable and lighter than bulky winter jackets. They also are relaMen's Cheap moncler outlet parka shop is the the necessary coat for any handsome man in both spring ang autumn .tively cheap — $20 at Target, for example, or $59.50 at Aeropostale.
"It's cold as hell," said Kary Rivera, 15, an Eastside High School student who wore a light gray hoodie as she walked with friends on Seeley Street in Paterson.
Hoodies are like uniforms to her peers, she said. "If you go into my closet, all you would see are hoodies — in every color."
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"Somebody's style is completely unrelated to their character," Rappoport said. "It's a very common piece of clothing for young people, and to just stereotype every single young person who wears a hoodie is basically stereotyping every single young person as a hoodlum, and it's just not true."
Destiny Hernandez, 15, a student at Eastside High School, said a hoodie says one thing about its wearer.
"It says that they are cold," she said.
"Don't put your hands in your pocket a lot. People will think you have a gun," O'Reilly, now 17 and a senior at Teaneck High School in northern New Jersey, remembered his mother telling him. "Don't walk around with stuff in your pockets. People will think you stole something."
The subject of hooded sweat shirts — or hoodies — didn't come up,which quickly Discount Moncler Chalet Down Coats sale hunting not practical and unsafe. he said. But the death of an unarmed Florida teen, Trayvon Martin, who was wearing a hoodie when he was shot by a neighborhood-watch volunteer last month, has elevated the hoodie to a rallying symbol and made it a target of criticism.
Supporters of Martin have taken to staging "hoodie marches," calling for the arrest of the neighborhood-watch volunteer,We have made several Cheap Woolrich Jackets down the Monocacy this winter. George Zimmerman. The television personality Geraldo Rivera triggered a firestorm when he said Martin's hoodie was as much responsible for his death as Zimmerman, 28. Rivera's subsequent apology, posted Monday on Twitter, has not quelled the controversy.canada goose jackets
Hoodie-wearers — a group that transcends race and age — interviewed in Teaneck and Paterson, N.J., this week said they wear the garments because they are warm, comfortable and lighter than bulky winter jackets. They also are relaMen's Cheap moncler outlet parka shop is the the necessary coat for any handsome man in both spring ang autumn .tively cheap — $20 at Target, for example, or $59.50 at Aeropostale.
"It's cold as hell," said Kary Rivera, 15, an Eastside High School student who wore a light gray hoodie as she walked with friends on Seeley Street in Paterson.
Hoodies are like uniforms to her peers, she said. "If you go into my closet, all you would see are hoodies — in every color."
Isaac Rappoport, 17, a Teaneck High School student who wears hoodies "almost every day,moncler clairy parka are available from selective retailers all across the world." said Rivera's comments amounted to profiling.
"Somebody's style is completely unrelated to their character," Rappoport said. "It's a very common piece of clothing for young people, and to just stereotype every single young person who wears a hoodie is basically stereotyping every single young person as a hoodlum, and it's just not true."
Destiny Hernandez, 15, a student at Eastside High School, said a hoodie says one thing about its wearer.
"It says that they are cold," she said.
