Recently, store fronts in the Harlem and Washington heights area placing signs that ban Hooded Sweatshirts in their Establishments. Store clerks are saying this is an attempt to detour criminals from shoplifting in the places of business.
The emergence of “No Hoodie” signs seem to be a sippery slope. One can understand that store owners have the right to protect their stores. It should also be noted that not everyone in a hooded sweatshirt is a criminal. With controversies like that of Trayvon Martin it is hard for the surrounding black community to block out ideas racism or simply trying to re route black customers to different stores.
