I live here and the decision was the right thing to do.
The American loving kids were provocative but, the so called “Mexican” kids raised it to a whole other level.
The principal needed to diffuse the situation and chose the smallest group that was least likely to cause trouble.
And the so called “Mexican” kids weren’t Mexican either.
They are Americans and like the rest of us of mixed ethnicity.
Mexico and America are multi-cultural, multi-race societies.
They both have borders and that is what defines who you are.
I am Irish, Scottish, English and German and good looking to boot.
However, I never call myself anything other than American.
Why wouldn’t I want to identify with the greatest country ever, whose people will willingly play whack-a-mole on bullies the world over and show up for any disaster in the world, to be of help to our fellow man.
We are first at everything.
Mexican pride is an idiotic myth to begin with.
It’s starts with Gringos stealing land from Mexico.
Never happened. We pay people for stuff because we think that is the right way to order our lives.
But, being a perpetual victim has some odd pride attached to it.
If friggin Mexico is so damned great, let’s discuss a few realities:
1. No Americans are running to Mexico in search of a better life. A great place to retire maybe but, the numbers of our citizens going to Mexico for the rest of their lives isn’t even quantifiable when contrasted with the sheer number of Mexicans coming to America, either in Quantity or as a percentage of the population.
Now, what’s so great about Mexico?
Uhm, a country that has 135 million people, whose average yearly wage is $9,600 and a GDP of $1.2 trillion? Really?
compare that to Canada, a country that has 70% fewer people but, an average wage of about $54,000 and 40% more GDP at $1.7 trillion.
Why aren’t Canadians coming in droves to America?
No, it wasn't.
Like Hell.
So as long as the other side resorts to blackmail and threat of violence, it will be the right thing to give in to them? This country didn’t used to operate that way.
I think the Superintendent messed up. He should have told the students to choose to be tolerant of each other or no one gets to wear any kind of flag shirt.
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, but the worst is he rewarded bad behavior and made the resentment worse between the two groups.
When kids fight, it is rare that one or the other is 100% right. So they both need a time out, and should come up with a way to resolve the situation amiably.JMHO