Some parents of students at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill are keeping their kids home from school after tension related to an incident involving students wearing American flag clothing on Cinco de Mayo spilled out onto the streets.This is a classic case of overplaying your hand. By walking out and demanding suspensions for kids who wear patriotic American clothing the Mexican kids just shot themselves right in the burrito. They'll manage to turn most of public opinion against them, and as you can see from the letter included in the article above, the school district is quickly backing down. The district knows they're on shaky ground if they come out in support of banning patriotic clothing.
Now the school district is sending a message to parents about the controversy, which has become national news. The school district's superintendant directly addressed parents Thursday in a letter posted on the school's website and also sent as a voicemail:Good evening. This is Dr. Wesley Smith, Superintendent of the Morgan Hill Unified School District. The Morgan Hill Unified School District does not prohibit nor do we discourage wearing patriotic clothing. The incident on May 5 at Live Oak High School is extremely unfortunate. While campus safety is our primary concern and administrators made decisions yesterday in an attempt to ensure campus safety, students should not, and will not, be disciplined for wearing patriotic clothing. This situation and our response are under review.
We know that this is an emotionally charged topic. We would ask you to encourage your students to be safe and focus on their academics while in school. If conversations and/or activities are necessary to express their feelings on this issue, we will find appropriate venues that do not disturb student learning or jeopardize the safety of our students. Furthermore, we encourage everyone to demonstrate respect for each other, open communication, and responsibility.Thank you for your support and understanding.
Dr. Wesley Smith
SuperintendentIt all started on Wednesday, Cinco de Mayo, when five boys wore clothing depicting the American flag. The school's principal asked the boys to remove the items of clothing, turn their shirts inside out, or face suspenion. Instead, the boys opted to go home for the day.On Thursday, about 200 Mexican-American students walked out of class in protest of the flag clothing incident. Members of the group waved the Mexican flag and said they were marching for respect and unity. They also demanded the school suspend the boys who wore the U.S. flag-adorned clothing.As a result of this heated debate, other Bay Area schools by the name of Live Oak have been threatened. The Live Oak School District in Santa Cruz County has received several calls from people angry about the issue, even though they are in no way involved in the Morgan Hill school's issue. That district's superintendant believes it's just a same-name misunderstanding and lack of clarity in reporting the school's location.
My guess is that American and Mexican flags will now be in abundance in Morgan Hill, and perhaps some violence may occur, but it sounds like something that needed to happen. Perhaps the school district should do a little education on the origins of Cinco de Mayo - such as the fact it's not even a national holiday in Mexico and probably owes its popularity in America more to Corona beer than to any cultural importance.
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Gee, I do not recall reading about German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish or immigrants of other nationalities behaving in such a manner. I guess I missed those stories.
Actually, I think you ought to have learned history--most of the riots in US history did NOT involve Mexicans. I doubt that the Longshoremen or the Mine Workers allowed Mexicans.
It would be good for our cause if we got away from the Spanish-is-evil, all Mexicans-are-evil rhetoric.
Makes us look like racists, and makes it hard to deny that we are.
For me. if they are citizens or resident aliens (and what other categories there are that indicate honest status), I say "welcome". Actually I say "Hi" because "welcome" seems stilted if I am just greeting somebody.
And I don't care what language you speak, except that most of our traffic signs are in English, and I'm too lazy to have learned anything but English, so.....
A few years ago, the Hispanic students at a high school in So. Cal started up with "demands" as in demanding "their rights." There was the expected walk-out and so forth. The principal then held a mandatory meeting for all students wherein he informed them that as minors they had no rights other than to attend school and follow school policy. End of problem.
Start deporting Mexican students that are illegally in this high school and see how fast they shut up.
This is only a glimpse of the Mexican/American war that is coming.
Someone should inform the Mexican
students that RESPECT is earned and it is a two way effort, not given out like concert tickets just because you showed up.
Overplaying your hand!! This isn't a card game. "These students" have been mollycoddled by the leftists that control the U.S. education system, and thus have their thinking inverted. They are in the United States, not Mexico. The stupid vice principal and principle should be fired. Rodriguez, the vice principal needs to go back to Mexico. I'm not kidding. Who the hell does he think he is. Why didn't he tell the Mexican crowd that the boys can wear anything they want to and they better accept it. These 5 kids weren't violent, the crowd was exhibitng violent tendencies over a stupid Mexican holdiday. We are in deep shit in this country.
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