This is what some of my ancestors wore, and they wouldn't let me dress that way at school. Maybe I should have sued them.
Posted on 02/18/2009 4:35:11 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Two seniors at Gateway High School in Monroeville said they'll meet with administrators today after they were told they could no longer wear their traditional Arab head scarves because it was "disruptive" to class.
Mohammad Al-Abbasi, 18, and Ahmad Al-Sadi, 17, said they have worn the red-and-white scarves -- called kaffiyehs -- around their necks for years as a sign of their Middle Eastern heritage and identity.
But administrators yesterday told them to take the kaffiyehs off or leave school. Both chose the latter.
"It's my culture, my ancestors wore it, you know?" Mr. Al-Abbasi said last night in a phone interview. "It's my roots. It's not political. It doesn't have any message."
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
I don’t think anyone would be too thrilled if I sought a way to show my German heritage.
CAIR will take care of this. Just watch.
LOL. My old high school. Good for them.
I’m more distressed by clueless western kids, especially girls, wearing “chic” kaffiyehs.
It’s hardly “religious”, but “ethnic” wear. And then again if it’s worn as a scarf, is it still headgear?
The point is... it can be argued down by the defense as being a pattern of scarf. What patterns will be allowed? Polka dot and rainbow stripes?
Our “conditioning” continues.......
Why? Do you look like cr*p in lederhosen?
Don’t we hav3e a heritage of playing cowboy and jihadist?
“It’s my culture, my ancestors wore it, you know?” Mr. Al-Abbasi said last night in a phone interview. “It’s my roots. It’s not political. It doesn’t have any message.”
I guess it’s ok to wear the Stars and Bars around my neck.
This is what some of my ancestors wore, and they wouldn't let me dress that way at school. Maybe I should have sued them.
Of course a kaffiyeh has a message. It says, “Kill the jews.”
I would contact the school and show your support.
It would mean alot coming from an alumni.
For instance, my family are devout members of the Orthodox Red-Neck NASCAR Church of Christ (ORNNCC).
Our sacred head-gear consists of Dale Jr. base-ball caps with small Confederate Battle Flags embroidered on the cloth adjustment straps on the back of the hats.
So I guess they'll have to start letting my son wear his to school, now, eh?
;^)
Good. Can they and their families also be deported?
In the good old days they would have been beaten up on a daily basis until they got their minds right. These days perverts, traitors, and wierdos of every stripe walk proudly.
“The school’s dress code makes no mention of the head scarves. It does, however, bar “clothing that depicts, advertises, promotes,” among other things, “ethnically/racially inappropriate behavior” or violence, according to the student handbook posted on the district’s Web site.”
This school is going to get sued bigtime. Don’t these fool administrators read their own handbooks? How are these kids promoting ethnically/racially inappropriate behavior or violence?
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