Ski Mask Discrimination Is Just Wrong People
(bbmarie)
It’s 2007, people. The time is now. Let’s really get behind this so some day we can tell our kids we were the generation that unstigmatized the ski mask. Can the “Greatest Generation” claim that on their generational resume? I didn’t think so.
WINSTED, Conn. (AP) - Bank robbers, terrorists and prowlers have given ski masks a bad name for years, but a Connecticut man is wearing them around town to prove that not everyone who dons one is plotting mayhem.
Kevin Lambert, 31, got the idea in 2005 after he walked out of a local package store and slipped on a ski mask for an impromptu photograph. A passer-by, fearing the store had been robbed, called police. Lambert was charged with breach of peace and had to perform 15 hours of community service.
Since then, he and his friends have worn ski masks in public places in an attempt to dispel the stereotype. Lambert has even launched a Web site dedicated to “Striving to keep America Warm By Combating Ski Mask Discrimination.”
Maybe I should try wearing one when I go the bank today.
Oh my goodness. I just wrote a post on my blog about how I saw bank robbers… wearing ski masks!!! I guess I should be more progressive, lol.