by Analicia Jaramillo
Photo courtesy of Associated Press Images
Fort Hill High School Principal Stephen Lewis has banned students from displaying the Confederate flag on their vehicles or clothing. Lewis says the ban was issued in order to respond to the recent racial tensions affecting several of his students.
The use of the flags allegedly lead to altercations between several of the white and black students on campus. Lewis noticed the increase use of racial slurs among the white students both in school and online through websites such as MySpace.com. As a result, he felt it was best to ban the display of the Confederate Flag, as they were encouraging the use of racial slurs and encouraging students to harass the black students on campus.
Some of the students involved in these altercations were suspended because of the use of racial slurs, which then outraged several other white students. They then began to wear the flags in protest of the ban.
2 comments:
i go to fort hill high school and i dont see the problem with the rebel flag it was on a kid wallet and a black kid cryed and none of us at fort hill are hate on the black kids we think it is cool and the pricipal was dum and half of those kids that used to go there they dont and most of them are me friends and i will keep wearing my rebel flag in my locker as long as i want i will no take me tattoo off my sholder they cant make me the point of this id mmr lowis is a ass and dont know hot to deal with the proplem and i ant saying my name so moo hahaha
i am 16 and they can kiss my ass they cant get me for that freedom of speech i fucken hate fort hill high school mr lowis is gay
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