I do get what Rivera is saying; clothes are a statement of values that get communicated instantly to the people around him, including crazy people,
That doesn’t mean that baggy pants or a hoodie makes you complicit in your own death when someone shoots, but it does, and you get dead. Don't take that chance.
The same could go for the old blame the rape victim. Reduce your chances of getting raped and don't dress provocatively. Don't get killed, don't get raped, temper your need for freedom with the realization that there are stupid dangerous people out there. Increase your chances of staying alive or unraped. What's so difficult about that!?
you for no other reason, however, and it’s a blame-the-victim impulse to make that argument. But stay safe.
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