Taking down the Confederate flag on government grounds isn’t the only issue surrounding the flag but also the banning of the flag in public spaces. Schools are battling the display of the flag on vehicles and articles of clothing. In the Virginia high school of Christiansburg more than 20 students were suspended after they refused to remove cloths that had the Confederate flag on it. There suspension came shortly after a new district policy banning any Confederate symbol from the school, rear windows of vehicles and on mini flagpoles on trucks in the parking lot. The frustrated students held a rally with their supporters outside the school asking them to repeal the new policy, saying that they wore the cloths not out of hate but as the marginalized group that believes the flag is Southern history. Some of the students went as far as to say they were going to continue to wear clothing with the flag on it.
In his article, for The Christian Science Monitor, Patrik Jonsson states “That could lead to at least one legal …show more content…
In 1991 over 100 students were suspended for wearing the Confederate flag on their cloths of the flag draped over their shoulders. Shortly after the suspension the students sued the school district for violating their freedom of speech. In the article “Suspended Students Gain Right to Wear Rebel Flag” by The New York Times it said “School officials said in court documents that racial problems sparked by the original incident persist. Fights and "blatant disrespect" toward a black teacher had recently occurred.”(NYTime) The students insisted that protest had nothing to do with race but rather “they were exercising their right to free expression and their pride in their Southern heritage” (NYTime) So the same issue have arisen again almost 25 years later, does the Confederate flag belong is public spaces? The question is will this time have a different
In his article, for The Christian Science Monitor, Patrik Jonsson states “That could lead to at least one legal …show more content…
In 1991 over 100 students were suspended for wearing the Confederate flag on their cloths of the flag draped over their shoulders. Shortly after the suspension the students sued the school district for violating their freedom of speech. In the article “Suspended Students Gain Right to Wear Rebel Flag” by The New York Times it said “School officials said in court documents that racial problems sparked by the original incident persist. Fights and "blatant disrespect" toward a black teacher had recently occurred.”(NYTime) The students insisted that protest had nothing to do with race but rather “they were exercising their right to free expression and their pride in their Southern heritage” (NYTime) So the same issue have arisen again almost 25 years later, does the Confederate flag belong is public spaces? The question is will this time have a different