Keep Rebel Flags In School!

Pro starts off in her first paragraph saying that the only thing that makes us different is our skin color. I do not see how this relevant to the debate, since this debate is about the rebel flag being kept in school or not. Pro then starts to tell of the racism she has to deal with herself. This is sad, but it is also not relevant to the debate. Even so, not everyone deals with racism the same way. Pro then says "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." Again, everyone deals with things differently. Letting go isn't always so easy, especially when you are being judged not by your personality or actions, but by your race. By the color of your skin. "Racism, in my opinion is ridiculous." Whats important are facts, not opinions "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"" As I said in the previous round, the teacher was concerned about the student having a symbol of racism and hate on his shirt. Indeed, not everyone may be offended by it. But that doesn't mean no one will. In the previous round I posted a poll that should that many people believe the Rebel flag is a symbol of hate and racism and many people disproved of it, more so than approved. Pro then quotes the student, saying "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'!" Again, I previously posted a poll as evidence that a large amount of people do think it is offensive. Regardless of how many at the school thought it wasn't, it doesn't change the fact that many people may get offended by it. Think of it as if someone wore a swastika to school. It is a part of Germany's history and is also a symbol of hate and racism. Do we allow it in schools? No we do not. Because people may get offended by it, like how people may get offended by the Rebel flag. "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." The teacher was worried of students being offended. The teacher was concerned of the student having a flag of racism and hate on his shirt. "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." Pro helps prove my point here that people do in fact think the rebel flag is offensive, racist, and hateful! There is no other reason someone would do such a thing. Pro did not help herself by stating this, she instead helped prove my case. "But from other standpoints they see the flag to be a threat because of the past history that it came along with." Threats that still go on today, from the KKK and the Neo-Nazi's. "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." Again while there may be people that do not find it offensive, there are still a great amount of people who do find it racist/hateful and a greater majority disapprove of it that approve it. I posted the poll in the previous round to prove this claim. Pro then goes on to tell a story of someone who is African American and doesn't see the flag as racist. I keep saying this throughout this round, and I will keep saying it to get my point across. There may be people who do not find the rebel flag racist, however, there is still a great amount of people who see it as racist, as it represents not only slavery, but the KKK, Neo-Nazism, and the racism that comes from such. Pro can continue to argue that there are people that do not find the flag racist. The same argument can be used for the swastika. As long as there are still a great amount of people to disprove of it, and be offended by it, it should not be allowed in school. The flag is still used as a symbol of racism by a great many. The flag is still seen as a symbol of racism. "Just because back then it was used as racism, it doesn't mean it would be used a racism in today's society." It IS used for racism in today's society by the KKK and the Neo-Nazis! I will post the links to the pictures once again! KKK https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com... http://4.bp.blogspot.com... https://thegrio.files.wordpress.com... https://kickasshistory.files.wordpress.com... https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com... http://i.dailymail.co.uk... Neo-Nazis http://www.mintpressnews.com... https://offpathhistory.files.wordpress.com... "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." The same exact thing can be said for the swastika, and German pride. There may be people out that don't see it as racist, that doesn't mean we ignore the other great amount of people who do think it is racist and offensive. Pro then quotes only a small part of what I said, because she believes it helps her case, but then ignores the part that hurts her case. "31% said racism while 41% said Southern pride. The other 27% said neither or were unsure." Pro ignored the 31% of people who see the flag as racist. Regardless of it being a less than those who see it as southern pride, 31% is still a mass amount of people of find the flag racist. This is why the rebel flag should be kept out of school. "Not only this but you see a percentage of approval of displaying the flag. 25% strongly disapproving, 21% somewhat disapprove and only 12% strongly approving, 24% somewhat approving. Overall 46% disapprove and 36% approve." More people disapprove of the flag than approve, now I just stated that regardless of the minority, it is still a mass amount, however, the fact that there are more people who disapprove of displaying the flag, does indeed support my case that the flag should not be in school. The fact is, a large amount of people still find the flag to be racist, hateful, and offensive. School is a place where there should be no feelings of hate, racism, or offense. School is suppose to be a positive environment and a great amount of people still see the flag as something negative. Because of this, the flag should be kept out of school. In conclusion, I have stated only facts. I have given evidence to prove my claims, such as the poll, the pictures, and the sources of history. I have even presented a court case in which Texas ruled that they still found the flag to be racist. hateful, and offensive. The case even said "a significant portion of the public associate the Confederate flag with organizations advocating expressions of hate directed toward people or groups that is demeaning to those people or groups.". I have provided more sources than Pro, I have given examples of how the flag is still a racist symbol even today. With all the evidence I have presented, I think it is safe to conclude that the rebel flag should be kept out of school.