Re: [OT] 12 year old British born girl punished for celebrating British culture

On 2025-07-17 02:02:00 +0000, anim8rfsk said:

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

Her entire school had a Cultural Diversity Day and all students were
told to wear something celebrating her own culture instead of the usual
school uniforms so she wore a dress that was essentially a British flag.
She was an A student but found herself punished for her choice of
clothing - along with other students - and her parents were called to
pick her up early.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2jV5qxE4g [8 minutes]
 Her parents were not at all happy and her community was very agitated as
well. The school gave an after-the-fact "apology" where they promised to
reconsider how the event was run the next year. I'll believe that when I
see it!

 I’ve seen that and it wasn’t clear to me if maybe she got punished under a
flag rule. When I was her age, it was illegal to wear clothing made from
the American flag.

No such rule in the UK. The Spice Girls' Ginger Spice has famously worn a Union Jack dress (two or three different ones) on a few occasions. Even Union Jack underwear is easily buyable in UK shops.
Reportedly the school also sent home other pupils who had St George's and Welsh flags. Apparently it is not Politically Correct to display your country's flag because it might upset some idiot.
BUT the school in the news story above has now been forced to apologise to the girl and her family (and presumably the other students) and is "reviewing their policies and strentghening staff training".
<https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/school-apologises-after-girl-12-punished-for-wearing-union-jack-dress-to-culture-day/ar-AA1IEv8L>