Common Sense

On May 5th, Cinco de Mayo day, 4 students at Live Oak High in Morgan Hill, California were sent home for wearing American flag t-shirts. A school administrator approached them and ordered them to turn their shirts inside-out because they might offend Mexican-American students. When they refused, they were sent to the Principal's office. When he told them to take the shirts off, they didn't wait around any longer-they went home. Obviously word got around, and the next day Mexican students exited the school, found some Mexican flags, and got police to escort as they marched around the school chanting "Si se puede"-We want respect. Apparently, we need to hide our patriotism. Do most people even know when Cinco de Mayo day is? And now we can't even wear our country's colors because we might start a "racial war".
                                  
 "It's disrespectful to do it on Cinco de Mayo. They can be a patriot on some other other day"- Jessica Cortez, Live Oak sophomore.