Its a maybe, or maybe not......millions of school kids wear baggy pants and don't belong to any gangs, are they thugs ? The same goes for your other examples....
clothes are a costume, no different than dressing like a pirate....that doesn't make you one.....
Not that I don't agree that if I encounter someone dressed as you describe, I would be certainly be more on alert....maybe for nothing but maybe not....
so I see your point and just pointing out that we can't jump to conclusions.....
I tried to bait you a little.....this is the same thing I've been trying to get Darla and her posse to recognize....how you dress, and how you act, and where you
go can put you in danger....especially a young women.....the way you dress, act, socialize, etc....all have consequences and you're in control of that....
don't ask for trouble and act all surprised when it finds you.