Kids sent home for wearing Americam Flag Tshirts

[bighawg]

Kids sent home for wearing American Flag Tshirts

This infuriates me. I know this is a diesel site and we don't get into politics but this is too much. What was this principal thinking.

Students Wearing American Flag Shirts Sent Home on Cinco de Mayo

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A group of California high school students were sent home for wearing American flag t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. An administrator at Live Oak High School told one of the students that the American flag t-shirt was “incendiary.”

According to published reports, the five boys were sitting at a table when they were ordered to remove American flag bandannas and turn their flag t-shirts inside-out. When they refused, they were taken to the principal’s office.

“They told us basically we take it off or we can get suspended,” Matthew Dariano told KCBA, the FOX affiliate in Monterey.

“They said we could wear it on any other day, but today is sensitive to Mexican-Americans because it’s supposed to be their holiday so we were not allowed to wear it today,” said Daniel Galli, in an interview with the KTVU in San Francisco.

The students were allegedly told that Cinco de Mayo is “not the day for patriotism.”

“I have no problem with them wearing their Mexico flags,” student Dominic Macio told KCBA. “I just thought I’d show my pride, my American pride.”

Mexican-American students at the high school said they were offended by the American flag displays and demanded action. Some students demanded the boys apologize because it was a Mexican heritage day.

When it comes to an apology, the boys and their families said, “Fat chance.”

“I just couldn’t believe it,” Julie Fagerstrom told the Morgan Hill Times. Her son is one of the students in trouble. “I’m an open-minded parent, but it’s got to be on both sides. It can’t be five kids singled out.”

Other students were allowed to display the Mexican flag as well as dress in the colors of the Mexican flag. The school even sponsored a group of professional dancers who performed and play Mexican music. Read more...

SEE ALSO:

Students in Trouble for Wearing American Flag Attire on May 5th

http://www.thefoxnation.com/america...-american-flag-shirts-sent-home-cinco-de-mayo

 

[JD4440]

Other students were allowed to display the Mexican flag as well as dress in the colors of the Mexican flag. The school even sponsored a group of professional dancers who performed and play Mexican music




Thats BS right there. Must be some spanish/mexican higher ups there.

 

[maxaholic]

I am so tired of this shiz. You are in our country. Celebrate Americas independence not mexicos.

 

[duramaximizer]

Crock of shit right there. I'd wear the shirt everyday for the rest of the year just to make a point.

 

[1lowdiesel]

WOW really... this happened?! The cops would have had to come and remove me from the school if that happened to me. I would've made the biggest scene possible and made sure there was a news crew there to report it.

wonder if they do anything special for 4th of July?

 

[kupitz]

Just another sign of how bad things have gotten in this country!

 

[Chevy1925]

Thats jsut freakin retarded! it america. not mexico so we can wear what ever we want, when ever we want, and express what we want. that kinda shit pisses me off, if it were sucha big holdiay, why doesnt the schools and fed gov take it off?? damn it, now that i said that obama may "change" it to be that way

 

[408.Luke]

wonder if they do anything special for 4th of July?

lol 4th of July is in the summer but anyhow this is retarded, i mean shouldent the school suspend itself for flying the American flag out side of the school then? Not to mention i cant figure out why an American school would celebrate a Mexican Holiday were in AMERICA!!! or have they not noticed because we are being invaded from the south and have been for so long

 

[Iceman56]

That is such Bullsh*t! I have no problem with other races or there holidays that's great but seriously you are in are F*cking country! I am so sick of picking up something from the grocery store or wall mart and it has five different languages on it, your in America learn our language if you don't like it or you can't then go back to your country

 

[duramaxdiesel]

You know, I'm in Canada and can't believe this. Seriously, things are just going to get worse. It won't be long before we're the minority in our own countries.

 

[McRat]

The principal needs to read the American Government textbooks he is issuing.

He should start with the Bill of Rights.

As long as the students were not breaking school uniform code, a t-shirt that makes a political statement that is not obscene should be permitted.

What an arse...

 

[McRat]

PS - Cinco de Mayo is a holiday representing an oppressed people's escape from a totalitarian government.

So Mr. Principal thinks the best way to honor that is to remove the rights from free people?

I can understand the illegals being upset about the t-shirts, as few believe in the rule of law, or the right of a government of the people and for the people to enforce any laws.

But Mr. Principal as an American Citizen, who draws his paycheck from the People of the United States, should not side with groups who oppose our Constitution.

 

[Mike_S]

I'd be willing to bet the farm, that if the roles were reversed, and it was 5 mexican kids wearing mexico's flag on an american "independance" day....nothing would have been done. Its rediculous.

 

[McRat]

Better yet, I'm going to wear an American Flag on St. Patrick's Day and get all the freaking Irish pissed at me.

 

[UPS DRVR]

I agree we are quickly becoming the minority. You are in AMERICA either act like one or go back to your country, but quit treating us like we owe you everything and then get mad at us when we want to show our American PRIDE !!atriot:

 

[Cbum]

Pisses me off . Wish he would have asked a veteran parent to remove Old Glory dipsh.. would need major dental work.

 

[SmokeShow]

what a crock of chit!! We are losing our country from every different angle. Seems to get worse & worse all the time. Makes it dang hard not to be racist & judgemental IMO.

Later

 

[Operator1]

:villagers:

 

[mmangels22]

To think this is happening in my backyard

 

[JoshH]

While I agree it is BS for the school to promote the students' celebration of a Mexican national holiday, I must say that I disagree with the wearing of the flag. I know most people think it is patriotic to have the flag on your clothes, I feel it is disrespectful. As is the case with most laws, they are open to interpretation, but here is what the US Flag Code has to say. I actually think more people should familiarize themselves with the rules that go along with displaying the flag, especially if they are flying it. It irritates to see someone displaying a flag incorrectly, but nothing is worse than seeing someone flying a flag it is tattered and coming apart.

(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.

(j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.