Cinco de Mayo vs American Flag

[FMF DOC]

NBC Bay Area: On any other day at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Daniel Galli and his four friends would not even be noticed for wearing t-shirts with the American flag. But Cinco de Mayo is not any typical day especially on a campus with a large Mexican American student population.

Galli says he and his friends were sitting at a table during brunch break when the Vice Principal asked two of the boys to remove American flag bandannas that they wearing on their heads and for the others to turn their American flag t-shirts inside-out. When they refused, the boys were ordered to go to the principal’s office.

“They said we could wear it on any other day, but today is sensitive to Mexican Americans because it’s supposed to be their holiday so we were not allowed to wear it today,” Daniel Galli said.

Some Mexican students said they were offended by the American flag shirts being worn on Cinco de Mayo. I wonder, if Mexico is so wonderful and America is so offensive, what are they doing here?

[blue02hd]

I wonder if this would happen in Arizona?

[Kett]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/local-15749667/19585803

[Utah Bob]

Hmmmm....5 kids with identical t-shirts and bandanas? looks like they were trying to get some attention.

[Ret10Echo]

Originally Posted by Utah Bob

Hmmmm....5 kids with identical t-shirts and bandanas? looks like they were trying to get some attention.

All that "American" stuff...they were probably militia

[FMF DOC]

Wish one of them was my kid... Cha Ching $$$$

[Richard]

Hmmmm....5 kids with identical t-shirts and bandanas? looks like they were trying to get some attention.

Live Oak Dress Code here - http://liveoakhs.ca.campusgrid.net/h...dress_code.htm

• Most schools don't allow bandanas - anti-gang related (see Dress Code).
• Context is missing regarding the student's behavior/remarks at school but IMO they were purposefully seeking attention and, thus, their actions (for unclear reasons) became and were distracting to the learning environment (see Dress Code).
• The Asst-Principal did not handle the situation well.
• It was yet another slow news day

MOO - these guys showing up wearing bandanas (see Dress Code) and the shirts shown meant they were seeking attention for whatever reason(s) - and they got it.

And so it goes...

Richard

[Defender968]

Originally Posted by Utah Bob

Hmmmm....5 kids with identical t-shirts and bandanas? looks like they were trying to get some attention.

Yea if there were in OK they'd be getting investigated for being a gang/militia!

Were I one of these kids parents we'd have a lawyer and I'd be after that Vice principals job...freaking unbelievable

I don't care what day it is/was if the 1st amendment protects hipply freaks burning and walking on old glory it certainly protects anyone wearing the American flag anywhere they want on any day they want....

To the VP of that school......THIS IS NOT MEXICO, people are allowed to celebrate whatever they want, but if they want to raise hell when they feel their day is disrespected....then they can suffer the consequences….do not pass go…go directly to jail. You don't take away someone else’s rights just to appease some little $#!?heads. If they feel that strongly about the cinco de mayo I'd just as soon they move to Mexico and celebrate it there, because if they're willing to assault someone else based on their feelings of loyalty to another country we don't need them here.

[ZonieDiver]

Originally Posted by blue02hd

I wonder if this would happen in Arizona?

It could in my HS! My principal drives a Prius with an Obama-Biden sticker. She dedicated a staff restroom, with a key, for a "transgender" student (pre-op). She gets, and passes along, emails from Aztlan movement people.

Yeah... it could happen here.