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cfr-25140	McCormick, Charlie	A Fear of Adolescent Cruising: Adult Reactions to a Tradition That Won't Go Away	2002	9	.pdf	application/pdf	3677	185	62	A FEAR OF ADOLESCENT CRUISING: ADULT REACTIONS TO A TRADITION THAT WON'T GO AWAY CHARLIE MCCORMICK Growing up in Snyder, Texas, my friends and I spent our Friday and Satur- day nights cruising—what we referred to as making the drag. I have been surprised, however, to find that in an increasing majority of locales around the nation, this folk performance has come to be regarded by many adults as the scourge of their community.1 I explain these differing adult perceptions of adolescent cruising by arguing that as adolescent cruising-one of the traditional and informal performances of white middleclass adolescents due to its socialization and enculturation potential (McCormick)-became appropriated by those outside the target audience (i.e. ethnic minorities and those presumed to be in the lower class) its legitimacy was attacked.	cache/cfr-25140.pdf	txt/cfr-25140.txt