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This is one of the weirdest statements I have ever read, because I thought the young woman was an American.
I live a long way from California where there is a very tiny Mexican-American population, so I am not quite sure what the controversy is all about.
Concerning this bizarre controversy: I thought the high school students who complained about the American flags were themselves Americans of Mexican background.
Myself, I am baffled why an American student wearing an American flag shirt would be an insult to another American student at all .
For instance, can you imagine Irish people being insulted if other Americans wore American flag symbols on St. Patrick's Day?
For instance, can you imagine Italian-Americans being insulted if other Americans walked around with American flag symbols on Columbus Day?
I don't know what the answer to this problem is, but for Mexican-Americans to be insulted when an American flag is displayed on their special day is a bizarre situation to me.
To me, Mexican-American students should take the opportunity to celebrate BOTH flags on their special day: A flag representing Mexico, the country of origin of their parents or grandparents, and a flag representing the country of their new and future home, the United States.
My suggestion: Next year during this Mexican-American celebration, the Mexican-American students should invite and welcome all those other Americans wearing American flag symbols to share the special Mexican-American day of celebration.
Who knows. Both groups of American students might come to enjoy each other's company on that special day.
It’s not even a very special day, in THEIR country. It’s just an excuse to riot and throw their weight around.
You don't get it.
Unlike earlier immigrants, the Mexicans consider assimilation optional, and many of them continue, even in the second generation as the quotation shows, to regard themselves as Mexican.
They are not assimilating, they are colonizing. Huge difference.