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[–] Furbag@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

Can't speak for OP, but where I lived there was a big problem with gangs and specifically youth gangs. Certain hats could be a marker of affiliation with one gang or another, and people at school got targeted for it.. Thus, in the infinite wisdom of the public education system, hats were universally banned. We had the same issue with solid colored shirts, but at least then it was just red and blue that were forbidden.

It ultimately did nothing to address the problem, because gang affiliation markers would just move on to the next thing. If they couldn't find a way to express it through obvious clothing, it would be with accessories or jewelry or hairstyles, etc.