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Morehouse Bans Students in Drag

College's new dress code has unusual stipulation

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 17, 2009 3:31 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Morehouse College insists that the "image of the strong black man needs to be upheld," and that most definitely involves not dressing up like a strong black woman. The school's new dress code has the usual stuff like banning do-rags and lewd T-shirts. But it also includes a stipulation that forbids the "wearing of clothing usually worn by women (dresses, tops, tunics, purses, pumps, etc.) on the Morehouse campus or at college-sponsored events."

The president of a gay-straight alliance group on campus tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the policy is discriminatory. “Some believe that this restriction is what the entire policy is correlated around,” he adds. Tough nuts, says a member of the student government. "If anyone sees this policy as something that is restrictive, then maybe Morehouse is not the place for you.”

Students walk on the campus of Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Students walk on the campus of Morehouse College in Atlanta.   (AP Photo/W.A. Harewood)
This man is persona non grata at Morehouse.
This man is persona non grata at Morehouse.   (Shutter Stock)
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BleeBloo
Oct 19, 2009 4:01 AM CDT
That's a really excellent point.
BleeBloo
Oct 19, 2009 3:59 AM CDT
You've got your rights until you pay us $40,000 a year . . . then some of them magically disappear!
Galileo
Oct 18, 2009 12:09 PM CDT
When I was in a college class we had a debate over gay rights, and an African-American woman in the class was very outspoken against gays. I never could understand how someone who had been taught so much about the evils of discrimination could be so oblivious to the fact that she was doing it herself. I guess that's a stupid road to go down, though, because all it means is that everyone is equally capable of discrimination. The student government quote is disgusting.
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