Students Appeal Confederate Flag Ban

(Alvin, Texas) Here's something for everyone's political correctness file.

From TheFacts.com:

Two Harby Junior High students said it is not only their constitutional right to wear and possess images of the Confederate flag while at school, but also a matter of history and respect.

The 13-year-old boys are asking Alvin ISD to honor the city's founders by returning Confederate memorabilia to a display case at the school and by allowing students to wear Confederate flag symbols to class.

"We want to honor our veterans from all of the wars," said student Marshall Alexander. "Most students don't know about this because they aren't teaching it anymore. You should teach all of history, every single war."

Alexander said he and his friend, Robert Kauffman, have collected more than 800 names on a petition and are in the process of a second appeal with the district.

Since the town of Alvin was founded by a man who fought for the Confederacy, it would seem an appropriate subject to cover in school. Alvin also has a Confederate cemetery and some streets are named after Confederate generals. Prohibiting the school to acknowledge the unique cultural and political history of the town is politically correct but, at the same time, it's academically dishonest.

Superintendent Greg Smith says the Confederate symbol is "divisive." Yes, as are cartoons of Mohammad, criticism of the 9/11 widows, wearing a Texas A&M sweatshirt among a group of Texas Longhorn fans and a divorce proceeding between a man and a woman. All are divisive but that doesn't mean they should be banned.