Student Was Told To Take U.S. Flag Off His Bike

[Victor]

Student told to take U.S. flag off bike
Published: Nov. 11, 2010 at 6:49 PM


DENAIR, Calif., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Officials in a California school district said a middle school student was told to take a U.S. flag off his bike to avoid "racial tension."

Denair Unified School District Superintendent Edward Parraz said Cody Alicea, 13, was told not to fly the U.S. flag from his bike while at Denair Middle School after complaints from other students, KCRA-TV, Sacramento, Calif., reported.

"(The) First Amendment is important," Parraz said. "We want the kids to respect it, understand it, and with that comes a responsibility."

Parraz said racial tensions boiled over at the school this year around the Cinco de Mayo holiday.

"Our Hispanic, you know, kids will, you know, bring their Mexican flags and they'll display it, and then of course the kids would do the American flag situation, and it does cause kind of a racial tension which we don't really want," Parraz said. "We want them to appreciate the cultures."

Alicea's parents said he flies the flag from his bike as a tribute to veterans in his family.

"He's got that flag on his bike because he's proud of where he comes from," Alicea's father, Robert Kisner, said.

Alicea folds up the flag and keeps it in his backpack while attend class, the TV station said.

[Bobtheicon]

Don't kids Pledge Allegiance to the Flag every morning in school? The hypocrisy of this country is mind-boggling

[revnecro1273]

wtf is that? doesn't the school have an american flag in front of the school?

[mrwho]

you cant even fly your flag in your own country?? wtf is going on??

[cuse_man]

What would be the right way to tackle this issue?

[be47320]

Originally Posted by cuse_man

What would be the right way to tackle this issue?

obv to let him fly his american flag and let the mexicans fly their flag also if they want to and make examples of the little shits that fight over it

[be47320]

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[Snowman]

Parents need to teach kids that its not about the flag, its about the person.

[cuse_man]

Originally Posted by be47320

obv to let him fly his american flag and let the mexicans fly their flag also if they want to and make examples of the little shits that fight over it

Not sure it would work, but yes I can't think of a better way myself. Perhaps someone else can.

[inSite]

start by checking citizenship of anyone that flies a mexican flag .

had an illegal try to use my social to get a job.

is Mexico communist? i cant understand why they dont use whatever resources they might have to make their communities better, build business the way people here did back in the day instead of spending all their resources trying to make it over here we have enough of our own problems

[cuse_man]

Originally Posted by inSite

start by checking citizenship of anyone that flies a mexican flag .

had an illegal try to use my social to get a job.

is Mexico communist? i cant understand why they dont use whatever resources they might have to make their communities better, build business the way people here did back in the day instead of spending all their resources trying to make it over here we have enough of our own problems

So are you for or against communism.

Or confused like jdsilk/privers?

[TSZ]

Originally Posted by cuse_man

So are you for or against communism.

Or confused like jdsilk/privers?

Baaahahaha priceless

[Snowman]

If anyone wants to fly a mexican flag outside their home, I wouldn't give two shits about it. Its called freedom man. Why is nothing said to all these people that fly an Italian flag or a Polish flag outside their homes? I got a ton of Italian ones in my neighborhood.

My point is that flying an Italian or Polish flag in our country is accepted, while flying a few others are not.

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

I fly the flag of ghana in front of my home

[Victor]

I fly two flags at my home.