Here is the story on the American Flag T-shirts banned at ONE northern high school during the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo. See the rest of the story: A Northern California high schools decision to order students wearing American flag T-shirts to turn the garments inside out during a celebration of the holiday Cinco de Mayo was appropriate, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the school officials concerns of racial violence outweighed students freedom of expression rights. Administrators feared the American-flag shirts would enflame the passions of Latino students celebrating the Mexican holiday. Live Oak High School, in the San Jose suburb of Morgan Hill, had a history of problems between white and Latino students on that day. The unanimous three-judge panel said past problems gave school officials sufficient and justifiable reasons for their actions. The court said schools have wide latitude in curbing certain civil rights to ensure campus safety. Our role is not to second-guess the decision to have a Cinco de Mayo celebration or the precautions put in place to avoid violence, Judge M. Margaret McKeown wrote for the panel. The past events made it reasonable for school officials to proceed as though the threat of a potentially violent disturbance was real, she wrote. We need to get the whole story on these stories that incite hatred and indignation.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 00:37:07 +0000
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