Posted on 04/16/2014 9:32:58 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
Principal: L.I. High School Students Suspended Indefinitely For Displaying Confederate Flag
SOUTH HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) Two Long Island high school students have been suspended for allegedly bringing a Confederate flag to school. Brother Gary Cregan, principal of St. Anthonys High School in South Huntington, said the two seniors walked in with a Confederate flag draped around their shoulders during an after-hours sporting event at the school. As CBS 2′s Kathryn Brown reported, there is outrage and disgust on Long Island.
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Slavery in North America:
Under the British Union Jack = 157 years (no protests)
Under the Stars and Stripes = 89 years (no protests)
Under the various CSA flags = 5 years (Go Crazy!)
There exist, commonly, online high schools. As such, there is exactly ZERO excuse for a parent to keep their child in a school filled with liberal teachers/supervisors ect.
And in this case the private school costs certainly are greater than any online school.
I took my daughter out of a public school and put her into a charter that while still far from great, was much better. Today, she is finishing a second degree in business while in the USAF.
Parents that care enough will find a way to avoid indoctrination.
> They were seniors...could keep them from graduating on time.
Thats not good. They should have waved the flag of Islam. They would have graduate with honors for their conversion instead...
Heroic restraint, based on the fact that the blacks were provoked, and did not in turn lynch the whites? That statement is racist.
The blacks exercised normal restraint and waited for due process. Does the author believe black people incapable of self-control?
They need to talk to trendsetter Kanye.
“Brother” Cregan should suspend himself for denying the 1st amendment to the constitution. Two kids brought a confederate flag to sporting event, big f’n deal! This principal claims black students showed “heroic restraint”, just goes to show who runs St. Anthony’s. You can bet the principal wouldn’t complain if a black panther or islamist flag appeared on campus.
Huh?
“Parents that care enough will find a way to avoid indoctrination.”
That’s right, Norm. Funny how many parents will sacrifice to the nth degree just to make it to the Super Bowl 1000 miles away or come up with that down payment for a new boat they almost never use.
Where I am from it means they did not start something and get their asses kicked.
Sounds like a great way to get out of school for a few days!
Yeah, that’ll show ‘em.
FMCDH(BITS)
LOL! Knowing him though he probably thinks it’s a symbol for Malcolm X.
For a very different view of the old South than that of the school official being quoted in the article, consider what Booker T. Washington, the great Negro educator, had to say on the subject, which he knew first hand, in 1895: Booker T. Washington Address.
The Washington approach appeals to good feelings between the races. This Long Island school approach is to echo the hate rant of late 20th Century agitators, who exploit every opportunity to divide & alienate.
William Flax
They exercised “heroic restraint” by notphysically batteringtwostudentswho posed no direct physical threat to them? These same people would also call George Zimmerman a murderer for defending himself against a thug bashing his head into the concrete.
Those who are inflamed and influenced by the racial industrial/grievance complex are ENSLAVED by irrationality.
The charter I sent my daughter to definitely was not the greatest school to ever exist but compared to what she came out of, it was a ‘bastion of greatness’. FAR less issues on multiple levels.
I heard all manner of excuses from friends/family why it was a horrible idea/thing to do. I heard every lib talking point and ‘moderate’ excuse why “You can’t do that” because “She will never get hired”.
Well the Air Force was fine with her diploma. She ‘got hired’ and went on to exceed most if not all her former class mates. I would bet on ALL but I cannot say that for sure as I don’t ‘know’. And between her AF training and college degrees once her gig is up (soon) she will be easy to hire.
I guess she/I/we ‘could’ after all. All it took was the determination to do it. Imagine that. And she is one of many throughout the country that followed a path like that. It wasn’t some miracle. She wasn’t some savant. She just had a parent that gave a damn.
The implication being what? That if they weren't "heroic" they would have engaged in an acceptable, natural desire to attack the other students? While what the school did to the kids bringing the flag is outrageous, the idea that African Americans are Pavlov dogs who blow up in rage over anything that reminds them of slavery is extremely insulting.
Pssst this is a private school. It helps to read the whole article.
You’re right, but it was still a good step towards a better education. Thanks!
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