Comment on Why do so many boomers and even some gen x believe so peristently that if you dressup and show up in person anywhere you will get whatever you went there for?

Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  it definitely didn’t work that way for Black boomers

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Maybe not in general, but it IS the reason that if you look at photos of the million man march, they’re all dressed up. Reason being, they were afraid any media coverage would paint them as degdnerates, thugs, and vandals. It’s much harder to paint that picture if they’re marching in unison wearing 3 piece suits, and their sunday best.

    This in the middle of the summer when that was wildly uncomfortable.

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That was also a time when a man wouldn’t dare leave his house without wearing a hat.

      Times have changed. The only people who care about the shit anymore are boomers. People can go to work in the pajamas for all I care.

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      • Bloefz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I like that a lot. I’m GenX but I always hated the suit & tie bullshit. These days I don’t even own a suit that fits. The last time I wore one was at a wedding in 2005 or so.

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    • shawn1122@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I mean, that’s just smart, wearing Western formalwear to convince white Westerners that you’re human.

      I think the point does stand that this advice needs to be considered in the racially privileged or disenfranchised context Boomers lived in.

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• PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This. I work in un-unionized trades, which is arguably the least changed career since the time of the Boomers, and this advice does still actually apply

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