And Derick’s Mom is white.
I saw the kid and his Mom on the news this morning. She looked like a nice lady and her son seemed like a nice, well groomed young man. He was also suspended for wearing orange and black last Halloween. The Principle said they were GANG COLORS! LOL!
A friend of mine works at a Southern California public high school. They have a long, long list of rules that they send to parents, stuff (many seemingly innocent) that kids aren't allowed to wear because they are signs of being in a gang. These were just some of them:
Buttoning the top button of a shirt while leaving one of the lower buttons undone.
Skipping a belt loop.
Wearing a shirt with "Los Angeles" on it, (or any of a number of team names or logos.)
Wearing certain colors.
She went on and on and on...this is apparently a very long list which must be constantly updated and mailed out to parents. I wonder how much time, money, and effort is put into compiling and enforcing this kind of thing? And obviously the kids just keep changing their gang signs. It's ridiculous.