Marana High bans Confederate flag, calling students' display disruptive

[Ptah]

Marana High School has banned the Confederate flag from campus, saying its display by a group of students has become a disruption and creates an unwelcoming environment for classmates and staff of color.

The group of students — who have been flying the flags from their vehicles for more than a year — said it represents pride in their Southern heritage and the ban oppresses their right to free speech. But for many in America, the flag is a symbol of racism, white supremacy and slavery.

The northwest-side school has been receiving an increased number of complaints about the flag from students and parents in the past month, Tamara Crawley, a Marana district spokeswoman, said. As a result, the school banned the flag from being flown or displayed on campus. The flag can still be used for educational purposes, school leaders have said.

While the protesting students argue that they'd never harassed anyone, school administration and several students and parents said the flag was being used to create a racially charged and aggressive school climate.

http://tucson.com/news/local/education/marana-high-bans-confederate-flag-calling-students-display-disruptive/article_a5a66ff0-75c0-58d9-81ab-0e8518fd9b36.html

[Feeling the Bern]

1. I lived in the Marana Unified District in Tucson.

In that klansman area, that won't go over well, especially out in Marana High.

And, don't give me 1st amendment. 10th amendment gives education rights to the States and Arizona has a law that anything the "disrupts the educational process" can be a class three misdemeanor.

As for those students who call it Southern Pride. . .you ain't in the south no more, skeezix! you want to proud of the south, go back to the south!