The article goes on to state that Malcolm X clothing is allowed at the school.
Anybody who follows these threads knows I am no fan of the Confederacy. And the Confederate flag is a very poor symbol of Southern heritage. The Confedracy was a movement of a relatively small group of politicians and not a true popular revolution. A large number of Southerners only showed lukewarm support for the CSA or were outright Unionists.
But this typical double standard in the schools today is terribly wrong. If the Confederate X is banned for offensivness, why isn't the Malcolm X? This is the failure of PC, it's not mutual respect and civility, but rather it's "I can hit you, but don't hit back". This does nothing to further goodwill.
I say ban both Xs. Better yet, make them all wear unifroms.
Make 'em all wear dress clothing!
The USSC has already ruled on this issue. This kid already has a nice lawsuit neatly tied up and ready to go against the school. Being PC means you are going to have to say you are sorry.
By banning either or both a mystique is created for youth who normally seek ways to show rebellion during the teenage years. Sometimes I think schools know nothing about children.
Bet they can wear burkas and rag-tops for "muzzie day".
The outrage over the Stars and Bars is totally contrived. Jesse Jackson made it an issue in the 1980s.
When I was a kid in NY in the 1960s it was all over...as we were in Civil War Centennial mode. No one regarded it as a symbol of racism.
Sure, Georgia and Mississippi had it inserted into their state flags as a measure of defiance against federal efforts of desegragation, but still the banner was viewed as relatively benign.
Witness its use in thr late 70s/early 80s on the roof of the General Lee in the "Dukes of Hazard." No one was complaining then.
As for Malcolm X: good point. That racist is even on a US postage stamp. :-(
Might be of interest.
UNIONISTS?!? No they were not. Southerners saw the formation of a centralized government under Lincoln no less a threat to liberty than the English monarchy their grandfathers had fought. They believed each state had a right to govern its own people as its own populus saw fit without the dictate of a central comptroller. They believed when Lincoln called 75,000 troops to a standing army, he violated the Constitution. They believed when Lincoln sent them against their Southern counterparts, he violated morality. More than a half million dead and another million or more wounded is hardly "lukewarm" support.
Is Che Guevara clothing banned too?
>>>>And the Confederate flag is a very poor symbol of Southern heritage. The Confedracy was a movement of a relatively small group of politicians and not a true popular revolution. A large number of Southerners only showed lukewarm support for the CSA or were outright Unionists.<<<<
Where did you learn Confederate history? The Southern Poverty Law Center? The NAACP?
""This is the failure of PC""
The PC movement is not a failure. It is a roaring success designed to suppress opposing opinion. The PC clan has been very successful in implimenting speech codes on campuses and elsewhere.
Interesting that both reporters are Black and Tom Jones makes excuses for Malcom X. Pretty biased reporting.
Uniforms would be fine by me!
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Once upon a time, long, long ago in a galaxy far away, kids wore jackets and ties or dresses to school. Halcyon days now lost forever.
"The principal says the students wearing the confederate flags disrupted the learning process."
Well sure it disrupted the learning process. Quite obviously the students who were offended by confederate flags, object strongly that anything other than their rationale for WBTS was being presented to others. Does that spark of a lack of respect for freedom of speech, or what. Does the Principal also appear to be spineless? Does it sound like it's time to replace all these spineless administrators that are a useless excuse for taking up space?
"And the Confederate flag is a very poor symbol of Southern heritage."
Anyone who says this is either in dire need of a history lesson, or they just want to pick a fight.
HISTORY LESSON:
The confederate flag is an excellent symbol of Southern heritage. Those folks who attempt to make it dirty, do not like the what our Founding Fathers stood for...
FIGHTS:
I am soooo not interested...