REF: Hoodie Hoo Day? offensive?

[cjakobov <cjakobov@STNY.LRUN.COM>]

We found a celebration called Hoodie-Hoo Day, that is a day to chase the
winter away.  We thought this would be a fun activity to do with our
students.  Then a staff member warned us that it is an offensive phrase for
African Americans.  Now, we are very worried about offending people, but we
have already advertised this day.  If you know of any derogatory
connotations with this phrase, could you please explain this to some
potentially niave teachers in small-town NY?  TIA,

Cheryl Jakobovic, SLMS
Calvin Smith Elementary
Painted Post, NY
cjakobov@stny.lrun.com
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Name: cjakobov
E-mail: cjakobov <cjakobov@stny.lrun.com>
Date: 2/3/99
Time: 7:35:04 AM

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