Keep Rebel Flags In School!

I find this to be very interesting @Blazzered. Take for example me being white and you being black. What do we have in common, lets see.... We have 2 legs, 2 arms, 2 feet, 2 hangs, 2 eyes etc. These are all the same are they not? But there is only one thing that makes us different. It's our skin color. Many people discriminate others by their race or color of skin. I'm Mexican, and it is everyday that I am called a "Beaner" or a "Border-crosser" or some piece of maybe golden bread" something like that ,I haven't figured out why they do so, but they do. I have to deal with it though. Now, I'm not saying that African-Americans have to deal with they fact that there are people in the world that hates their race, I am simply explaining that sometimes you have to let things go. Just think of it as it being one less person that you have to worry about. Racism, in my opinion is ridiculous. The student who was kicked out of class because of his shirt was wrong because the teacher was more concerned about his shirt because the teacher was a history teacher and the shirt stated "If this shirt offends you, you are in desperate need of a history lesson", and it had the Rebel flag on it. Yes, she was offended by the choice of words on it, but she had stated "I am not racist, I just feel that since there are black kids who go to this school that it might offend them or someone who just disagrees with it" I had got some information from the student who had left home over the shirt. And he clearly states, "I wore that F**king shirt all day today and I am friends with over half the colored kids at this school, and they didn't seem offended at all, so I don't see why she (teacher) kicked me out of class for 'it might offend a colored kid at this school'!" So, in the information above that I was provided it does show that the teacher was more worried about his clothing instead of his education. After all that craziness happened, I was notified that the student who was kicked out of class had a rebel flag, hanging on the back of his truck. Someone during the day came to the students truck and set the rebel flag on fire, still being attached to his truck. On to my next point "It cant be taught to be racist...." this is a very good one to explain from my point of view and from another's point of view. Why that is, is because coming from my stand point I can see that millions of people I'm sure see the flag to be a huge part of their heritage and that the flag supports their Southern pride or pride in general. But from other standpoints they see the flag to be a threat because of the past history that it came along with. But I am sure that things have changed sent the Confederate war. How I know that is because there are many people, colored people who have no problem with the flag, the pictures that I cited below will prove it. One holds the flag up, still he holds the flag knowing about the flags history. His name is Byron Thomas and he says "the flag's real meaning has been hijacked". "A black college student who drew complaints for displaying a Confederate flag in his dorm room window said he sees the banner as a symbol of Southern pride and not racism. The 19-year-old student at the University of South Carolina Beaufort took the flag down at the university's request, but he said he's considering putting it back up after the officials relented. Byron Thomas has drawn nearly 70,000 views since he posted a video online in which he acknowledges: "I know it's kind of weird because I'm black." "When I look at this flag, I don't see racism. I see respect, Southern pride," he said. "This flag was seen as a communication symbol" during the Civil War. He said university officials asked him to take the banner down just before Thanksgiving after students and parents complained when it was seen by them on campus tours, but have since told him he can put it back up. The freshman from North Augusta said his generation can eliminate the flag's negative power by adopting the banner as a symbol of Southern pride. "I've been getting a lot of support from people. My generation is interested in freedom of speech," Thomas said. The flag only has as much meaning as you put to it. So I don't see why everyone automatically sees the flag as being racist. There is even a video, if you go to the link below, of the Thomas speaking and defending his part and why he wont take the flag down. The change has to happen at some point, why cant it start now? http://www.nydailynews.com... The Rebel flag in modern day is not always used as hate and racist. As I said once before and I woke ever get tired saying it. The flag represent many things, most things don't ever matter anymore because some people don't see it that way anymore, but it represent a state of pride and heritage and that southern type of pride that is passed down from generation to generation. Just because back then it was used as racism, it doesn't mean it would be used a racism in todays society. So why does everyone automatically assume that? Some people still cling on to the past and still use the flag in racist terms. Which is very immature and irresponsible if you ask me, because weather or not they used it for their southern pride or just because they strongly dislike colored people. It don't mean that everyone thinks the same thing when they see the flag in general. @Blizzered you said yourself "...41% said that they seen it as southern pride, and the other 27% said neither or were unsure. Not only this but you see a percentage of approval of displaying the flag." So not everyone sees it that way, things have changed and have been out dated nowadays. "...36% approve." 36% is better then 0%. who knows 36% can go a long way, not far, but far enough to know that someone has noticed it already. In conclusion, I feel that the flag isn't racist and that some people should stop over exaggerating when it comes to the flag. Not everyone is the same way nor do they think the same way. "Don't judge a book by its cover, but by the pages in the book."