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"Wear Blue Jeans" to provoke dialogue
Posted on Dec 10th, 2007
by 
L'el
L'el
From a Seth Godin post:
When I was in college, a local human rights group posted up signs around campus one Monday. They read:
On Wednesday
Wear Blue Jeans
If You Are Gay
On Wednesday morning, you needed to have a discussion with yourself. "Should I wear jeans?... if I'm in the closet... or if I'm supportive of the quest for rights... or if I don't want to stand out... what will it mean if I don't wear jeans? Or if I wear jeans and didn't know about the sign..."
This, of course, was precisely the point. It started internal debate which led, all day, to spoken discussion. Which raised the issue.
I like this idea. A lot. Definitely a strategy to be kept in mind...
When I was in college, a local human rights group posted up signs around campus one Monday. They read:
On Wednesday
Wear Blue Jeans
If You Are Gay
On Wednesday morning, you needed to have a discussion with yourself. "Should I wear jeans?... if I'm in the closet... or if I'm supportive of the quest for rights... or if I don't want to stand out... what will it mean if I don't wear jeans? Or if I wear jeans and didn't know about the sign..."
This, of course, was precisely the point. It started internal debate which led, all day, to spoken discussion. Which raised the issue.
I like this idea. A lot. Definitely a strategy to be kept in mind...
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How clever!
Looks like someone is engaging in a little poetic terrorism. Classic TAZ