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

On Jul 18, 2025 at 2:36:03 AM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:08:45 -0400, 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!

 
And if the school had said "you can't wear a flag that way!" you
wouldn't have heard that story - but they didn't and claimed it was
anti-everybody NOT born in the UK - and that DID make it a news story.

If she'd showed up wearing a dress modeled after the Palestinian flag and
chanting, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!", they'd have
probably given her a "Student of the Month" award.

I saw the picture of her and thought she wore it quite well - and
wasn't at all making it a parody (or a slur against those not British
born) as some have claimed.