Red, white, and blue; Does that offend you? (OneNewsNow.com)
Some California students were disciplined on Cinco de Mayo for wearing garments showing the American flag.
On Wednesday, several students showed up at a Morgan Hill, California, high school wearing American flag T-shirts, shorts, and shoes. But they were ordered by a school official to change or turn their clothing inside-out. Live Oak High School's population is about 40 percent Hispanic, and since Wednesday marked the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo, some Hispanics were upset.
KPIX-TV in San Francisco spoke with one of the students involved -- Matthew Dariano, who is part Mexican. "Our Hispanic vice principal was taking their side and was thinking that we were being racist towards them, so he was discriminating against us [by] making us take off our stuff," Dariano stated.
When another student, Austin Carvalho, was asked if they were trying to make a racial statement, he replied, "We're not trying to start trouble. We're in America. We can't wear our own colors?"
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