This photo is real, I took it myself in San Diego in 2006.
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Posted on 05/05/2010 5:32:54 PM PDT by Ballygrl
Five Morgan Hill students sent home for wearing American flag T-shirts
2:11 PM By Lindsay Bryant
Five male students were asked to leave Live Oak High School this morning because they were wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. Officials at the school could not be reached for comment, but one student said administrators called the T-shirts "incendiary."
"They said we were starting a fight, we were fuel to the fire," said Matt Dariano, a sophomore.
The five teens were sitting at a table outside during their brunch break around 10:10 a.m. when Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez asked two boys to take off their American flag bandannas that they were wearing on their heads. In the same conversation, student Dominic Maciel said, Rodriguez told the group to "walk with him to the office."
Dariano called his mother Diana, who spread the word to the other parents and all arrived soon after to have a conference with Rodriguez and Principal Nick Boden.
Maciel said they were told they must turn their T-shirts inside-out or be sent home. Maciel said they were told it wouldn't be considered a suspension but Rodriguez did not want any fights to break out among Mexican students and the group showing their American pride.
The boys said they thought turning the American flag inside-out was disrespectful, so all went home.
Dariano said Rodriguez indicated to him that while other students were wearing American flags, the group of five was "the easiest target to cause trouble."
"We were not going to start a fight. We wanted to show our pride," Dariano said. "In light of all of this, there are people with painted flags in red, green and white and yet the boys can't wear the American flag," Diana said.
This is no doubt going to get bloody. Not allowed to be an American on a Mexican holiday???
Texas celebrates San Jacinto Day April 21st....
The principal should have let them borrow his Che t-shirts.
(stolen from newsbusters).
Give me a *#%$@&#% break!!! The kids with the US Flag shirts are “incendiary”??? YEAH, THEY are the ones to worry about... Truth is they couldn’t send home the MAJORITY of their students, so they just got rid of the ones proud of the country their school is actually IN!!!
Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez? Damn, those kids should’ve been wearing Mexican flags. I hope the schools prepared to lose a lawsuit. Too bad these students weren’t lesbians threatening to go to the school prom together. It’s pretty clear this country is in a state of BADLY EFFED UP.
Unbelieveable. Texas REALLY needs to pass a law like AZ
It might antagonize the reconquistas.
I wonder what would have happened if those would have been ‘non-white’ students wearing those flags.....Probably NOTHING!
Makes my blood boil!
This photo is real, I took it myself in San Diego in 2006.
Their mascot is "ACORNS", appropriately enough. LOL!!!
Here’s Miguel Rodriguez’ E-mail address: Miguel.Rodriguez@mhu.k12.ca.us
Why the F### are we celebrating a MEXICAN holiday?
It would interfere with the educational system's goal of teaching students to hate their country.
My sister and BIL work for the school district and live about three blocks from that school. I post the story on their Facebook page and asked for more information. Hopefully, they will get back to me tonight.
Outstanding idea.
I hope that bastard’s inbox is a nightmare tomorrow.
I’d be surprised if he hasn’t already had the admins change his address. With a little social engineering, his new address can be easily found out though. :)
welcome to the New America
same as banning a recruit from joining the Marines for having a Southern tattoo
we have warned the PC folks here for years just like we did about illegals
no one listens
It’s called redistribution oh I mean affordable housing paid for with your tax dollars. I live in San Mateo which is about 45 min from there and they just keep building affordable housing the friggin liberal City Council and Social Justice crwod have turned my neighborhood into “The hood”. We can’t afford to move any where in this state so when we move once our hood is truly ruined with high density
housing we will move to another state. I hate where I live
...along with; free trade & sailor's rights
I had a burger and fries today. Someone I know said he doesn’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo anymore than he celebrates Cuatro de Julio.
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