Three cheers for Robert Franklin, President of Morehouse College, who has imposed a civilized dress code upon his campus.
Here are some of the policy's features:
* Caps, do-rags and hoods are banned in classrooms, the cafeteria and other indoor venues. Do-rags may not be worn outside of the residence halls.
* Sunglasses may not be worn in class or at formal programs.
* Jeans may not be worn at major programs such as convocation, commencement or Founder's Day.
* Clothing with "derogatory, offensive and/or lewd messages either in words or pictures" may not be worn.
* "Sagging," defined as "the wearing of one’s pants or shorts low enough to reveal undergarments or secondary layers of clothing," is banned.
* Pajamas are banned in public areas.
* Wearing of "clothing associated with women’s garb (for example, dresses, tunics, purses, handbags, pumps, wigs, make-up, etc.)" is banned. (Morehouse educates only male students.)
Three guesses about which item on the list has created a tizzy amongst the politically correct.
TimeZup! The last item, which addresses cross-dressing by a few of the students.
It will be interesting to see how the SensitiveLeft will go about beating Dr. Franklin up on this one. After all, he's no Jerry Falwell.
But he knows that ethics matter.
Ethics shape culture, which shapes the economy.
Green Shoots nominee here!