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Posted by Dave
Rap News Network
11/21/2005 10:30:36 AM
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A t-shirt of a snowman frowning has caused much controversy in Atlanta, Georgia. Rap artist Young Jeezy's frowning snowman has caused a stir in the United States and now has been banned in a Florida Public School system.
Superintendent Gail McKenzie told principals in the school district last week about the t-shirt, featuring a frowning snowman, usually followed by various cocaine references.
School officials became aware of the shirts after they started popping up on many campuses across the school district.
“We understood that ‘snow’ is a reference to cocaine,” Assistant Superintendent Bruce Tonjes recently stated. “If that’s what people understand the meaning of this to be, that doesn’t mean the person wearing it understands. If that’s the message it sends, we take the necessary measures to remove it from our campuses.”
Any clothing that promotes drugs, alcohol or sex is strictly banned under the policy set by the Polk County School Board.
For first offenders, students will be asked to turn the shirt inside out or to change the shirt altogether.
Parents of the students are called after the second offense.
Anti-drug campaigners drew criticism to the snowman t-shirt earlier this month which caused the cancellation of the product line by fashion company Miskeen Originals.
Reports state that the shirt has been bootlegged heavily and is being sold on the black market as well.
Education officials and anti-drug campaigners are alarmed stating that the T-shirt symbolizes the white substance cocaine.
Young Jeezy recently announced in related news that he has inked a deal with Jay-Zs Rocawear clothing for his own clothing line labeled D Boy Apparel.
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