Morehouse College, a Historically Black College in Atlanta, GA, has instilled a new initiative for students across campus, that has educators and students talking.
President of the college, Dr. Franklin, has announced its "wearing of clothing usually worn by women" to be in violation of a new dress-code the university has implemented called the "Appropriate Attire Policy." Other violations of this policy include no sagging of the pants, no hats or sunglasses inside buildings, no pajama wearing to class, and of course, no du-rags.
The policy stems from an effort to "get back to the legacy", said Dr. William Bynum, vice president of the office of student services.
This has been an on going debate for quite sometime. The Maroon Tiger, the 'house campus newspaper, made a national buzz in early 2009 when it published it's infamous story: "Is gay the right way." The story which can be found below probes a debate of whether or not the institution should take action to a select group of male student's on campus, dressing as women.
So in response to the college's newly adopted policy, I ask everyone, "is this a breach in freedom of expression and personal liberties?"
R. Tyler
I'm sorry, I think this is a clear violation of the students' rights. This is not high school and there are no dress codes in college, besides the common decency laws. I think they simply tried to expand this "code" to ban "urban gear" like du-rags to not seem like they're targeting the gay community.
ReplyDeleteI guess they are getting away with it because they are a private university. I'll be reading the article!