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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Protests continue over Confederate flag ban at high school
By ALANNA DURKIN | September 18, 2015 | 12:35 PM EDT
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — Protests continued Friday over a western
Virginia high school's ban on Confederate flags displayed on clothing and
cars, but no more students were suspended for the violating the policy and
one student said he's considering legal action.
A group of roughly 40 people, including Christiansburg High School students
and their supporters, gathered near the school Friday morning and flew
Confederate flags from their cars and trucks. They called on the
administration to reverse its policy a day after roughly 20 students were
sent home for refusing to take off their Confederate flag gear before
entering the school.
"We're going to fight until we get our flag back," said 17-year-old Melanie
Chrisley, a senior.
Clothing emblazoned with the flag was banned at the high school in the small
Virginia town about 200 miles west of Richmond after the 2001-2002 school
year, school district spokeswoman Brenda Drake said Friday. There were
several racially-motivated fights and altercations that year, in which the "
flag was used to harass or intimidate others," she said.
Of the school's 1,100 students, 83 percent are white and 8 percent are black
, state data show.
A new policy this fall also bars students from having the flag on their
vehicles in the school parking lot.
Drake said no students were suspended on Friday for dress code violations.
Three students, who came to school wearing clothing displaying the flag,
removed the items before entering the building, she said. Other students
never came into the school, but Drake couldn't say how many.
Before classes began Friday, senior Houston Miller said he's considering a
lawsuit against the school. Miller has been leading the fight against the
bans and said he will continue his efforts until the administration backs
down. Several adults supporting the teens waved Confederate flags as
students arrived at the school Friday and the group said it would be back
Monday.
Drake said the administration is standing by its policy.
"Our job is to maintain a safe and orderly environment in the school and a
peaceful environment in the school," she said. "The ban was put in this
specific case to help maintain that positive educational environment."
Confederate symbols have come under increased public scrutiny since the June
17 massacre of nine black worshippers at a church in Charleston, South
Carolina. Dylann Roof, the white man charged in the killings, had posed for
online photos holding the Confederate battle flag. |
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