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Article: Teens' dog tags silently meant to assert, honor and intimidate
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
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- July 20, 2006
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Virginia high school students C'Andre Dabney, 15, (left) and Teofilo Rubi, 18, display their neckwear (see detailed inset, left) -- Dabney's shows Al Pacino as "Scarface," and Rubi's declares his Honduran roots. "Everybody wears them," Rubi said. "It represents who you are. It deals with who you are."(PHOTO - 2)
Without saying a word, Teofilo Rubi announces his identity to everyone he passes at his Prince William County, Va., high school.
All they have to do is glance at the dog tag around his neck, emblazoned with the blue and white flag of his native Central American country and the words, "Yo Soy CATRACHO" (I am Honduran).
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