500th Post! Symbolic Speech

This is the 500th post to Club MediaNote. The MC101 blog began in January 2006.

First Amendment freedom of expression can include symbols and acts that have come to be known as "Symbolic Speech." The clenched fist is symbolic speech, as is the two-fingered peace sign. Even the burning of the American flag has been protected as symbolic speech.

In the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting and resulting controversy, has wearing a hoodie become symbolic speech? Certainly, the organizers of the Million Hoodie March think so. And so does Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), a Chicago-area congressman who was escorted off the House floor for donning a hoodie.

Questions...

•What are other types of symbolic speech?
•Why has wearing a hoodie become a powerful symbol? Why does it arouse such emotion?
•Describe a campus protest that could be organized around students wearing hoodies.