So that's what they are calling discrimination now a days.
Students Told to Stop ‘USA!’ Chant, Take Off American Flag Bandanas
Four California high-school
students were reportedly suspended for chanting “U.S.A! U.S.A!” and
wearing American flag bandanas during a basketball game. While their
punishment has since been rescinded, school administrators said “the
incident is far from over.”
Oxnard Union School District superintendent Gabe Soumakian told
Fox News Radio that “we need to pursue this further” and “work with
teachers and students and the community about the concept of cultural
proficiency.” Soumakian and Camarillo High School principal Glenn Lipman
felt that the students’ actions might have had racist undertones since
the schools have large Hispanic student populations.
“We wanted to make sure [their actions weren't] racially motivated,
and I told the kids I just want to be sensitive to the feelings of
everybody,” Lipman said.
“If we’re doing it for patriotism, that’s fine. But if we’re doing it
for something else that’s racially motivated, I’m not going to allow
that.”
But the students deny any racial element to their chants. “We’ve done
it always,” one student said. “It’s something we do. It’s the same
group of friends. We’re all very patriotic.” The four students gained
support from their peers: More than 100 students gathered by the
school’s flagpole the following morning to protest in patriotic
clothing.
A short video of the incident is below:
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