It didn’t get much national media coverage --- even after breaking on Veterans Day --- and Grumpy Editor wonders what is going on when a 13-year-old patriotic California boy, who rides to school with an American flag on the back of his bike, is told by a school official to remove the flag to avoid “racial tension.”
The action occurred in Denair, 20 miles southeast of Modesto, Calif.
United Press International (UPI), picking up the item from Sacramento TV station KCRA, reported Edward Parraz, Denair Unified School District superintendent, said Cody Alicea was told not to fly the U.S. flag from his bike while at Denair Middle School after complaints from other students.
KTXL, another Sacramento TV station, reported the teenager displayed the American flag on his bike to be patriotic and as a tribute to veterans, including those in his family.
“In this country we’re supposed to be free and I should be able to wave the flag wherever I want to,” said Cody. “And they’re telling me I can’t.”
Superintendent Parraz mentioned to KCRA that Hispanic students “bring their Mexican flags and they’ll display it” around the Cinco de Mayo observance.
No mention was made on banning Mexican flags near or at the school.
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