In a recent GQ article titled “40 Worst-Dressed Cities in America“, Boston was named the No. 1 worst-dressed city. Not only did the article make Boston look bad by boldly stating “Boston is like America’s Bad Taste Storm Sewer: all the worst fashion ideas from across the country flow there, stagnate and putrefy”, but it took an extremely offensive and unnecessary hit at the mentally challenged population.
The article stated that “due to so much local in-breeding, Boston suffers from a kind of Style Down Syndrome.” GQ had no comment on this statement.
One advocate said- “This is vile. It sets us back as having to work so hard to eliminate the stereotypes that people with any kind of disabilities have had to live with for hundreds of years.”
Melanie McLaughlin, whose 3-year-old daughter, Gracie, has Down syndrome, said, “It makes you feel like somebody really stabbed you in the heart. It’s the only way you can put it. It hurts. It really hurts.”
There have been many responses to this article but the most interesting I’ve found is by an MD from Children’s Hospital in Boston who has a sister with Down Syndrome.
In his response article titled- Mock my pants, not my sister, Brian Skotko said- “Go ahead, GQ, and mock my blue whale-emblemed Nantucket-red pants. Laugh if you want at the loud argyles that I prefer to wear with my black suit. I don’t even care if you dismiss the sexy pink polka-dotted tie that I like to wear with my blue-checkered shirt in clinic. But, whatever you do, do not mess with my sister.”
BOOM. Get it Brian.
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