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betterletter wrote

I agree with you on most of this, +1 but I went to see what the origin of the "hoodie" is, and this is what wikipedia at least had to say:

Hooded garments have been a documented part of men's and women's wear for centuries. The word hood derives from the Anglo-Saxon word hōd,[1] ultimately of the same root as English hat.[2] The garment's style and form can be traced back to Medieval Europe when the normal clothing for monks included a hood called a cowl attached to a tunic or robes,[3] and a chaperon or hooded cape was very commonly worn by any outdoors worker.

came from white peasants. However,

The hooded sweatshirt was first produced in the United States starting in the 1930s. The modern clothing style was first produced by Champion in the 1930s and marketed to laborers working in freezing temperatures in upstate New York.[4] The term hoodie entered popular usage in the 1990s.[5]

Laborers in upstate NY at the time were likely majority immigrants and PoC, so in America this might be the case but not necessarily Europe. Then again I am white so I'll probably never know how shit it is to have to use a hood to shield my face from the world.

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