confederate flag demonstration outside Bay City Western High

Auburn Mayor Lee Kilbourn, the local police and school officials lack of action is clear support for this campaign of terror.

..17-year-old junior Kendall Frost told The Bay City Times-MLive some of her fellow classmates organized the display on social media in what she believes was intended to intimidate and bully certain black students.

Kendall, who is black, provided screen caps of text messages with racial slurs. She also said some students told her and other black classmates they "shouldn't go to Western because of our skin tone."

In a Snapchat video taken by a Western student acquired by MLive, footage depicts at least three males in a vehicle recording the flags' demonstration. At one point, one of the males ca be heard swearing and using a racial slur as text appears on screen stating "Fly em high boys."

Frost said Wednesday her car is blocked in by two trucks bearing the Confederate flag.
newtboysays...

Vastly overreaching dishonest tags.
Not institutional or state sponsored.
Exaggeration like that earns my downvote. There's enough actual racism out there that no one needs to exaggerate and lie about it.
I saw nothing on the video that was actionable, so the claim that not harassing them with the law equates to support is just ludicrous.

Mordhaussays...

Kids is a channel for stuff that might appeal to kids, not racism. I'm unsure how this applies to religion. Politics would only apply if the political leaders vocally supported the demonstration. War on terror also doesn't apply as this isn't a terrorist attack or a response to one.

Teens might apply, Fail definitely does, and Education does only in the context that this involved school aged teens outside of a high school.

That said, even though it is something we can all agree we dislike, it is their right to display what they like as long as it doesn't violate lewdness laws. They can't be charged or hassled over it by law enforcement or political officials. They COULD be punished for it if they were parking on school owned grounds, but it sounds like they were parked across from the school property.

The one tag that would have fit perfectly was equality, since it is for this type of thing.

In any case, this sucks. Kids shouldn't be doing this type of thing because racism is horrible. If you had correctly labeled this video, I would have likely voted for it.

*nochannel

C-notesays...

These kids are being subjected to an organized campaign of terror. Ignorance of this, willfully or otherwise, only demonstrates a lack of appreciation for the fact that black and brown people fear for their lives when racist symbols like the confederate flag and use of the N-word are deliberately targeted at them.

Mordhaussays...

This video still doesn't apply to the 'kids' tag. That tag is for stuff that children might find enjoyable.

As far as the campaign of terror, I agree that it sucks and they shouldn't be subjected to it in a perfect world.

This isn't that world. Sadly, from a legal standpoint, any action taken against the people exercising their first amendment rights would likely result in lawsuits. I can't speak to whether the school, law enforcement, or the mayor issued statements denouncing this because I couldn't find if they did. They should have and would have been legally within their rights to do so, but beyond that they CAN DO NOTHING.

C-notesaid:

These kids are being subjected to an organized campaign of terror. Ignorance of this, willfully or otherwise, only demonstrates a lack of appreciation for the fact that black and brown people fear for their lives when racist symbols like the confederate flag and use of the N-word are deliberately targeted at them.

C-notesays...

The kids who attend that school and road in or drove a vehicle with the flags waving high do find it enjoyable. People of all ages who wave'm high with pride wear a smile while they do it.

newtboysays...

*nochannel
*teens *fail *education *equality
Kids is for kid friendly videos
Poster is becoming an abuser, he's been asked repeatedly to stop labeling non kid friendly videos with "kids" among other bad tags.

siftbotsays...

Moving this video to C-note's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

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