The confederate flag is the subject of debate once again, this time due to a group of high school students who were suspended for wearing it’s image on their clothes.
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This fall, the high school also prohibited vehicles displaying the Confederate flag from its parking lot, the Associated Press reported.
“However, the students didn’t comply and were told to leave school for the day”, said Montgomery County Public Schools spokeswoman Brenda Drake.
“According to Drake, 15 students became disruptive in ISS and were sent home with official suspensions”. When they refused, they were given one day of in-school suspension.
This comes as a new policy was put in place preventing students from displaying the Confederate flag or decal on their cars. The 21-year-old, Dylan Roof, posed in photographs waving the Confederate flag, The Post reports. Of the school’s 1,1000 students, 83 percent are white and 8 percent are black, state data show. “We are not issuing a judgement on the flag, but know that not allowing it at CHS supports a peaceful educational environment”. Though he was suspended Thursday, he plans to go into school on Friday wearing Confederate flag gear because he thinks he should have the right to wear whatever he chooses to wear, according to AP.
Many of the students oppose the school rules by arguing that the flag is not hostile or political, but represents part of their heritage.
This led to legislators’ concerns over Confederate symbols in South Carolina.
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“I understand some people take it as hate, but none of us out there were racist or anything”, Willis said.
