Posted on 07/13/2015 6:58:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A Southeast Texas high school is rallying around the Confederate flag after the symbol has sparked controversy across the country.
The Confederate flag is posted on the fence of the football field, covers a gym wall and is displayed front and center outside a high school in the Evadale school district, KFDM-TV reports. Jamie Richardson, the valedictorian of the Class of 2015, said the emblem has always been a kind of a pride for her school.
"If you look at our emblem it's not just the confederate flag, it shows symbols of everything that we represent academically and also outside of school with extracurricular activities and such," Richardson said.
The debate over the Confederate flag comes weeks after the shooting deaths of nine people in a historically black church in Charleston. Police have charged a man shown in pictures with the flag, who they say was motivated by hate. Some argue the flag is a symbol of racism and slavery, while others argue it's about state's rights and southern pride.
"The Confederate flag has never been about hate or racism and it's never been used to discriminate students or any group of people. It's always just been kind of a pride thing to be proud of our school," said Richardson.
"It's always been a symbol of pride and you know our mascot, the fighting rebels. You know the rebel soldier was a mighty fighting warrior so we kind of tend to like that tradition," Richardson's father, Milton Richardson, said.
The high school has used the Confederate flag since the 1950's, and the superintendent said there are no plans to stop now. He tells KFDM-TV the school district always follows the wishes of the people living within the district. So far, there haven't been any complaints.
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good for them.
http://www.ocalapost.com/confederate-flag-southern-heritage-rally-attracts-thousands/
There has been parades with thousands attending and flying the flag in opposition to the people who want to change history or are ignorant over it.
3...2...1...until a US dept. of education bureaucrat calls the school district superintendent and threaten to cut back on funding.
Yep...cue the death threats and vandalism...countdown till surrender.
So far, there haven’t been any complaints.
Oh,you can bet they will find someone to complain soon.
Sure hope the community stands up against it.
It’s typical Marxian behavior, works all the time.
Except when you’re wise to it.
Boy, they raise these racist kids at an early age...
Melanin superiority
I wonder how many other educational and civic organizations identify themselves as “Rebels” and have adopted that banner as their own?
There is a huge Confederate battle flag flying next to I65 near Montgomery, AL. It can’t be missed. The land is owned by the Sons of the Confederacy.
Go, Wolverines!
You had me at melanin superiority
One flying on I-95 in virginia too. Its time the south opted out.
I am a Southern gentleman. But try reading the Texas article of secession. If you are going to defend the flag, do so with context; don't white wash history.
complaint will come in from some dope head from MA or CA who feels offended thousands of miles away.
All major highways into FL have massive battle flags and lower down on I-75 has the biggest and highest flag in the world flying.
There are more planned and thousands every weekend are having rallies flying the flag.
My high school was the Rebels, and my ‘52 Buick had a confederate flag taped to it at all times.
Love it then, love it now.
Likely true....and, sad.
From https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+e+lee+high+school+houston+texas+Generals&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 :
The United Daughters of the Confederacy's Robert E. Lee chapter number 186 supported the school in its early years; it donated portraits of Lee, gave American Civil War-related books to the library, and gave the school a rebel flag. The school's symbol is the Lee family coat of arms
However, the liberals in Houston will not be dragging down the flag and stamping out Robert E. lee's name as it has already been done. Around 2000 the school stopped using the "Robert E." part of the same, and its logo became that of a four-point, star-bodied person. Steve Amstutz, the principal, said around that year "People think we stole it from Cingular."
The Lee Generals are no more—
Again, from https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+e+lee+high+school+houston+texas+Generals&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 :
...the demographic of Lee's student body shifted. As of 2008, it was made up predominantly of Hispanic immigrants and sons and daughters of Hispanic immigrants. Lee's multi-ethnic population changes parallel Houston's immigration waves, beginning with the Vietnamese families in the early 1980s. With the change in apartment housing rules in the 1980s, both the community and the school population changed. The demographic of Lee's student body shifted significantly in the 1990s, as student's from the south zone (Gulfton area) who are a majority Mexican and Central American immigrants and/or sons and daughters of Hispanic immigrants became the overwhelming majority of the student body.
I guess the Liberals can now add filling the schools of those old White racists to the tasks of the illegal aliens--
Oops! Make that "...the tasks of the undocumented Democratic Voters."
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