A child in Colorado Springs was kicked out of class for having the Gadsden flag on his bookbag.
The school claimed the patch had to do with the origins slavery:
Meet 12yo Jaiden who was kicked out of class yesterday in Colorado Springs for having a Gadsden flag patch, which the school claims has "origins with slavery."
The school's director said via email that the patch was "disruptive to the classroom environment."
Receipts in the 🧵 pic.twitter.com/qQ8jK1zSpR
— Connor Boyack 📚 (@cboyack) August 29, 2023
This school official either didn’t know or didn’t care that they were wrong about the Gadsden flag. She was just there to enforce the policy, truth be damned.
The man show put the mother in touch with, Jeff Yocum, cited the EEOC which claimed the flag has been “sometimes interpreted to convey racially-tinged messages…”
They cited @USEEOC, which admitted that the flag "originated in the Revolutionary War in a non-racial context"…
But then said "However, whatever the historic origins and meaning of the symbol, it also has since been sometimes interpreted to convey racially-tinged messages…" pic.twitter.com/w0M74bMgN2
— Connor Boyack 📚 (@cboyack) August 29, 2023
Yokum also argued the flag was tied to hate groups or something:
The director then argued that the flag is associated with "hate groups," linking to this weak article that cites a "graphic design scholar" 😂 who claimed that "some may now see the Gadsden flag as a symbol of intolerance and hate—or even racism."
Link: https://t.co/ZD6JZ4AhDK pic.twitter.com/sUOqLEwGf0
— Connor Boyack 📚 (@cboyack) August 29, 2023
So what rule was the kid actually breaking? This one, according to the screenshot provided. Connor Boyack says it’s unclear to him “what alleged slavery connections have to do with drugs, tobacco, alcohol, or weapons.”
The kid went to his local NBC News outlet to see if they would expose this but they declined the interview. Of course.