’My decision and my right’ -- teen has sat out Pledge of Allegiance for years
”I am very knowledgeable of our local history, through the Spanish occupation, when we got the name of the state and when we were traded to America like goods,” he said, ”So to stand for a flag that has treated my people in that manner, that is a lot more disrespectful than standing for that view.
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