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Posted on 05/06/2010 7:44:10 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
On Cinco de Mayo, five northern Californial high school students came to school in red, white and blue, and got a very public lesson in school politics and free speech.
The boys came to Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill on the Mexican holiday, wearing t-shirts, shorts and shoes emblazoned with American flags.
Around 10 a.m., the assistant principal told sophomore Matthew Dariano he had to remove his bandana, which is against school policy.
But then Dariano said the assistant principal told all him and all his friends to take off their shirts, or turn them inside out, because some Hispanic students were upset and the school feared it would start a fight. Dariano is part Mexican.
"Our Hispanic vice principal was taking their side, and was thinking that we were being racist towards them, so he was discriminating against us, making us take off our stuff," Dariano said.
"We're not trying to start trouble," said student Austin Carvalho. "We're in America. We can't wear our own colors?"
The boys refused to take off the shirts. They were not suspended, but they were sent home.
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I cannot believe this is happening here in America. Where is the outrage? Is the ACLU going to come to the aid of these students?
Good for them..!
Imagine, in Canada, Great Brittain, France or Japan, wearing your country’s flag emblems on the 4th of July and they send you home.
This is lunacy.
If it were a Polish holiday, would students be suspended for wearing an American flag Tee-shirt?
If the assistant principle finds the American flag offensive, he should stay home.
Or St. Patrick’s day?
This is madness.
Could someone post the phone number of the school? I say we call them and sing “God Bless America”.
I really don’t care that Hispanic students were upset.
“If the assistant principle finds the American flag offensive, he should stay home.”
If you find the US Flag offensive you should leave the country. Nobody is holding you hear against your will. We have enough malcontents already. I’m so sick of people who hate this country driving the agenda. It’s time for Patriots, like these kids, to stand up. Screw Cinco de Mayo.
“here”
Sounds like most of the student body is probably hispanic including the American flag t-shirt guys judging by their last names. It’s a California government school after all.
That’s better.
maybe they should go home.......back to Mexico.
There is 'hope' for America yet!
Or better yet, move to Mexico.
They should wear shirts with the picture of General Winfield Scott. The background should be Mexico City with the US Flag flying over it.
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