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Hundreds of Hispanic Students Leave School & Hold March Demanding Respect
Gateway Pundit ^ | 05/07/10 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 05/07/2010 10:24:16 AM PDT by American Dream 246

What country are we in? 200 students left school and held a march today following the reports yesterday that 4 students dare wear American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo.



Hispanic students march down Monterey Road in Morgan Hill on Thursday morning asking for respect after Live Oak High School Principal Nick Boden ignited a controversy Wednesday by sending home five students who wore American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. (Photo by: MorganHill Times Staff)

MorganHill Times reported:

About 200 Hispanic teens are marching in Morgan Hill yelling “We want respect!” and “Si se puede!” in reaction to a controversy ignited when the Live Oak High School principal effectively sent four students home for wearing T-shirts with American flags on them during Cinco de Mayo.

Mexican-American students felt the students were being disrespectful on the only day they celebrate their heritage while students sporting red, white and blue said it violated their First Amendment rights.

Six police cars and a Morgan Hill motorcycle officer have been cruising alongside the large group as it marches.

The group – mostly high school students – walked out of school this morning after the story of four students who were sent home because they wore American flag T-shirts went viral on TV and online. Many wear red, white and green and two large Mexico flags can be seen at the front of the line.

The students say they want people to know they’re proud of their heritage and they believe wearing red, white and blue on Cinco de Mayo is disrespectful.


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To: American Dream 246

I know what country we are in, anyone that has an objection to our flag needs to go to another country. The first mistake this school made was to allow a Cinco de Mayo celebration at school. It is not a real holiday in any country- only a small part of Mexico recognizes it. As far as respect- where is the respect for our country from these students? If they do not feel this is their country, and/or are not citizens they need to remove themselves from this country they do not respect or want to be a part of.


41 posted on 05/07/2010 10:37:14 AM PDT by Tammy8 (~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
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To: American Dream 246
Look at our tax $'s being wasted on La Raza wanna bes. Any federal money per day per student for these A$$holes should be deducted from the school's budget. Only in America is fly our flag or showing our American colors a bad thing.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!


42 posted on 05/07/2010 10:39:59 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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To: mojitojoe

It is not an excuse to miss schoo, they have been raised with and surrounded by this false sense of self importance.


43 posted on 05/07/2010 10:40:06 AM PDT by panthermom
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To: American Dream 246

They should spend THAT much time on their ‘English’ homework


44 posted on 05/07/2010 10:41:26 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Communism is a dead letter". Ortega y Gasset)
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To: American Dream 246

On the way to work this morning I was listening to KSFO. A woman called in and related the story of how the mob of Latino students attacked her car yesterday in downtown Morgan Hill, because she waved an American flag. There were police all over, but they did nothing. She was forced to run a red light to get away from them. Then a policeman stopped her and said that his watch commander had ordered him to arrest this woman. Ultimately he did not do so, but she was pretty shook up.


45 posted on 05/07/2010 10:41:50 AM PDT by w1andsodidwe (How can you tell when the President is lying? When his lips move, of course.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Why on earth would you give them diplomas ???

Because most of them will get their meaningless diplomas anyway, and by giving them their worthless diplomas now we save about $12k/year per student. Deporting them helps to reduce the welfare rolls (I realize that all of them may not be illegals or anchor babaies)


46 posted on 05/07/2010 10:41:53 AM PDT by achilles2000 (Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
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To: American Dream 246

Expel them all.


47 posted on 05/07/2010 10:42:12 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: American Dream 246

So has their pricipal expelled them for “defiance”? Have they been told to lose the Mexican colors?

Are the white kids marching demanding respect????


48 posted on 05/07/2010 10:42:15 AM PDT by Adder (Proudly ignoring Zero since 1-20-09! WTFU!)
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To: American Dream 246
Six police cars and a Morgan Hill motorcycle officer have been cruising alongside the large group as it marches.

I believe there are laws regarding leaving school without supervision. Bring in the vans and haul them to jail. Tell them they can sit in a cell or sit in a classroom.

49 posted on 05/07/2010 10:42:30 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: American Dream 246
A person has to have self respect before they even know what respect means.
They only care about their status in their tribe.
50 posted on 05/07/2010 10:42:37 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2508877/posts


51 posted on 05/07/2010 10:43:30 AM PDT by American Dream 246 (Open your eyes. Freedom is not a one day fight. Enemies of Freedom are legion.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Where the hell is ICE?

They were across town having some roach coach breakfast tacos and buying bags of oranges from street vendors.

52 posted on 05/07/2010 10:43:30 AM PDT by Kolb ("Man is not free unless government is limited." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: GSWarrior

Mexican-American students felt the students were being disrespectful on the only day they celebrate their heritage while students sporting red, white and blue said it violated their First Amendment rights.
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Yes how dare Americans fly the American flag and wear the colors in their own country...


53 posted on 05/07/2010 10:43:40 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Why on earth would you give them diplomas ???

Response to Nana: Because most of them will get their meaningless diplomas anyway, and by giving them their worthless diplomas now we save about $12k/year per student. Deporting them helps to reduce the welfare rolls (I realize that all of them may not be illegals or anchor babies)


54 posted on 05/07/2010 10:44:01 AM PDT by achilles2000 (Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
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To: TLI
Right and bring in their parents or guardians and charge them with child neglect!
55 posted on 05/07/2010 10:44:43 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: American Dream 246
Many wear red, white and green and two large Mexico flags can be seen at the front of the line.

Yeah... Waving the Mexican flag and protesting the wearing of the American flag will really bring more Americans over to their way of thinking.

Right... Worked really well the last time they did that.

56 posted on 05/07/2010 10:45:10 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Voter62vb

It’s California so...who knows at this point? tax payers of one state, city, or another


57 posted on 05/07/2010 10:45:42 AM PDT by RC one (WHAT!!!!)
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To: American Dream 246

Respect is earned, not given or demanded ...


58 posted on 05/07/2010 10:45:54 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: American Dream 246

One does not DEMAND respect; one earns it.


59 posted on 05/07/2010 10:47:01 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (Buzzard's gotta eat; same as worms.)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

un e”f”e ese


60 posted on 05/07/2010 10:47:23 AM PDT by colonialhk (Elect Veterans not Lawyers)
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