The American Flag

The American Flag. The symbol of our nation. The symbol of the 50 states of the United States of America are represented on this flag by the stars, along with 13 stripes representative of the original 13 colonies of colonial America. Shouldn't this be a celebrated and sacred symbol?

It should be. Emphasis on the "should." I've seen so many videos with people burning the flag, but that's expected of angry radicalists. On the other hand, this issue growing in Morgan Hill where 5 students were sent home for wearing a shirt with an American Flag on Cinco de Mayo. How is that racist? Cinco de Mayo is a day of celebration for when Mexican forces overcame the French in the Battle of Pueblo - this celebration isn't even really celebrated in Mexico. It's simply a way for Mexicans to have a day of pride, here in the United States. These students were wearing American Flag shirts - is that offensive to the Mexicans? Who, let me remind you, are also Americans? LIVING IN AMERICA? Don't get offended when you're living in a country and people wear that country's flag. If you do get offended? You should probably move. Far away.

What's more irritating is that if it was Independence Day (July 4th) and some students were wearing Mexican flag shirts and the schools sent THOSE students home, all hell would break loose and there would be massive riots, protests, newspaper articles, television headlines, etc. Why? Because sending Mexican students home would be RACIST. Oh, well, you know what? Sending American students home, saying they can't wear their OWN country's flag to school IN their own country? THAT, my friends, is racist. The hypocrisy in this country never ceases to amaze me. If a minority feels threatened, that's racism. But if we discriminate against a majority ethnic group, it's not really that racist. I didn't know there were different types of racism.