I would say I’m shocked, but unfortunatley I’m not in this climate our country is in. Unfortunately I cannot put in writing my thoughts for I’m still prettty pissed something like this has occurred and the ass backwards thinking by the school administration and more importantly the students of the school is dispicable. The one girls’ quotes made me want to vomit.
A dare anyone to make a muslim student turn his/her star and crescent shirt inside out on the 4th of July! What is this country coming to??
From the article
But Cinco de Mayo is not any typical day especially on a campus with a large Mexican American student population.
So, if they are Mexican Americans then they should have no problem with the flag of their adopted country right?
At least the District Admin. got it right. I hope next year everyone wears the Stars and Stripes on May 5th!
Buckaroo
The real kicker is that 1 or 2 of the students sent home have a parent that is Mexican.
hispanic assistant principal of a predominantly hispanic school objecting to this event, figures
in before 1A lawsuit
So, it must be just as upsetting to see the American flag flying during a “Mexican-heritage” holiday as well. I wonder if they suspended the Pledge-of-Allegiance or had a bilingual version in celebration of “diversity”. Damn those young kids and their patriotism all to hell. Those administrators shouldn’t even be given till the end of the work day to clean out their shit.
Abso-fuckin-lutely ridiculous!!! If it were my child there would be a not so fun exchange of words with the administration of this American school paid for with American tax dollars.
But to many Mexican-American students at Live Oak, this was a big deal. They say they were offended by the five boys and others for wearing American colors on a Mexican holiday.
“I think they should apologize cause it is a Mexican Heritage Day,” Annicia Nunez, a Live Oak High student, said. “We don’t deserve to be get disrespected like that. We wouldn’t do that on Fourth of July.”
I’ve been in Mexico twice on May 5th for business and guess what??? They don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo in normal cities in Mexico. No bullshit and no lie, neither time was anything special done and the people I asked had no idea what I was talking about. It’s just a good excuse to drink Tecates and eat chips & salsa.
Why would anyone want to celebrate the heritage of a country they left in search of greener pastuers for(AKA America)? If they want to celebrate Mexico, then why are they living in America? They seem to want to have their cake and eat it too. They want the life of an America and all that comes with it yet get offended by the same flag they evacuated their own country for. Bullshit.
absurd.
Too far again…
exactly…it is not recognized in Mexico & this a U.S. celebration for retail reasons only. Kinda like st. patties day and should really be called ‘drinko-de-mayo’. Why some think it relates to their independence is mind boggling. Mexico’s 4th of July is recognized in mid Sept.
In regards to the article…simply a total fail.
should not matter what country you come from, mankind seems to forget the obvious for obvious reasons: black brown yellow red white asian caucasian african all are the same with cultural difference. two eyes five fingers per hand two feet one heart, red blood, love and help children religious beliefs etc etc. but we only seem to concentrate on difference, because “everybody knows” the stuff i just referenced is already ingrained.
“A society gets what it concentrates on”
L. Ron Hubbard
I am also in favor completely of the immigration bill in az, just not the methodology.
WTF is going on with this country? It’s absolute bullshit kids are threatened with being kicked out of school for wearing an American flag in their own country.
Well if they have such pride in Mexico, maybe they should go back?
I’m sure Britain doesn’t celebrate the 4th of July, why should we celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
I agree with you with the exception that St. Patrick’s day is a recognized public holiday in Ireland and widely celebrated 
Cinco de Mayo is not either one of those.
LOL if you call the school they do not answer and the mail box is full. The internet has a quick way of fixing things.
(408) 201-6100 if you want to speak with the principal.
that is unbelievable.
For a public HS to not answer the phone at all should be a crime, or might be Im not a lawyer.
Do these people even know what the holiday signifies? The U.S. helped Mexico kick the French out, this is a holiday we should be sharing. We were allies in that war.