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LATTA, S.C. (AP) — A 15-year-old girl led a small protest march Monday over her high school's ban on Confederate flag clothing, which she is also challenging in court.

Candice Hardwick walked with about a dozen people, about half of them family members and some wearing Confederate T-shirts, a few blocks to Latta High School. Hardwick wore a Confederate belt buckle and button and had the Confederate flag on her cell phone cover. She removed those items before entering the school, where she is a sophomore.

Hardwick says she wants to wear the emblem to pay tribute to ancestors who fought on the Confederate side of the Civil War. She said she has been forced to change clothes or turn her shirt inside-out, and has been suspended twice and threatened with being kicked off the track team.

John Kirby, school superintendent, said Monday that officials "have clothing issues every year ... and we've handled it consistently every time."

Among those marching with Candice was a black man, H.K. Edgerton, past chairman of the Southern Legal Resource Center's advisory board. The group filed a federal lawsuit in March on her behalf.

"She's made a stand for her Southland," said Edgerton. A former local NAACP leader in North Carolina, he is known for dressing up in Confederate gear to emphasize what he describes as the role blacks played in voluntarily supporting the South in the Civil War.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that the First Amendment protects students' political expressions during school hours so long as they don't substantially disrupt the education process.

The high court has not ruled specifically on whether a student may wear Confederate symbols. Three years ago, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld a lower court ruling allowing a school to ban the Confederate flag.


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i say that shes HOT so let her wear what she wants ;)

I agree, but not becuase she hot.  ;)

The highschool that I went to this year would not allow anything to be worn with a confederate flag, but yet the spanish kids could wear there purto rican and mexican flags without trial. It lead to alot of racial (sp?) violence and our highschool in its first year became the most violent school in our school district. It was also the only highschool in the district where kids couldnt wear the confederate flag.

If they're not allowed to wear whatever flag they desire, how are teachers and patriotic Americans going to identify them and educate them about the evils of hate and anarchy? It's unlawful and discriminatory to give them a written test to identify their lack of education, unless it's written in their language or cultural dialect(e.g. Ebonics)!   

ya she looks pretty hot, wheres that school at? i might swing by there to go see what shes doin later lol

BTW i got yelled at by my P.E teacher because i wore my dixie appearl shirt with a confederate flag on it, and Dr.Dirt has a good point that the spanish and other heritages where their flags on them and they don't get yelled at, and we where a flag that shows what we belive in and to stand up for our anchestors that fought in the war, then we get yelled at  >:(

hey bubba i just turned 17

yea not every young member on this forum is 18.... This is an ongoing issue at my school too, they had the news at my school last year for the same thing, the only thing that pisses me off is those "wannabe" rednecks that youve known for a while and they never used to dress or act like this that walk around doing dip all day just too get attention, and have horticulture 3 out of 4 classes a day....

Dixie Outfitters etc shirt are cool and such and the rebel flag has nothing to do w/ racism..but i dunno bout ya'll...but i ahve this sterotype thing..most of the ppl wearing Dixie Outfitters..oh i dunno..semm to be part of the white trash renegade

This has been a debate for years in my district. It ticks me off that people in my area think that the flag stands for slavery. It doesn't. It stands for the people that fought on the confederate side of the war and today it is our hertiage. Its just like the American flag. My cousin has a shirt that has the rebel flag on the back and under it says if you find this shirt offensive then you need a history lesson. Needless to say im looking for one right now... 8)

where did svbolts post of shes only 15 go?  my response was a joke just like this stupid debate! the americans have no rights anymore >:(

go to http://www.rebeloutlet.com/products.php?cat=30&PHPSESSID=3ac0065b3ea46b9cad4cc647d3b457c9 theyve got what your lookin for the history lesson thing along w/ other great CONFEDERATE stuff 

Exactly! I thought my school was the only one with these kids!

If she goes far enough with this, she will win. Which will set a good example for further rulings in courts. I dont think shes' that hot lol.

bad Style.

she looks good from far, but she might be far from good lol :D

She appears to have a good head on her shoulders. if only there were others with the same intestinal fortitude

It is about time somebody stands up for the side of right. Far too long has the flag been mislabled.

southern boy-

DUDE YOUR WAY OUT OF LINE.

Someone needs some manners , at 17 to have views like that is disgraceful.

more like a azz whooping!

Whoa. I did not even notice that. dude, you are a dumb ass straight up. You are the reason so many people relates the flag with racism.

Grow up!!! Sometimes its better to let people wonder if you are an idiot, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

By the way, it was not a choice trip for most of them there genius.

 ;D

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thats how ya supposed to handle it, betcha southern boy wouldnt say somethin like that if mom and dad layed the hammer down ;)

that blonde chick is probably missing about 7 teeth....

y dont ya mind your own business n stay outta mine n stop runnin your mouth if ya can't back it up

Looks to me you need a good a$$ whooping........ I like to see you come down to Miami and talk that sh!t boy!

You're the one who's runnin your mouth bud ;)
and whats this non-sense about not being able to back it up, my vocabulary is obviously better, so i can back that up, are you talking about some sort of strenght competition?

Hey dipshit, I'll back it. You are a peice of ignorent wothless white trash. You and your kind is why we have to fight these battles. I would gladly befriend any black man over your kind any day. And if you think your tough, well then bring it on. You want to keep running your mouth like that you will end up in a wheel chair or a whole real quick.

Dude, that ain't cool. And I can't even see how exactly that could come into this topic, we're talking about not being able to wear the confederate flag in school. She probably has no problem with blacks, and like it says she just wants to honor the people who died fighting. Right?

This a public forum what you say is technically the whole worlds business dumba$$....

Southern BOYYou obviously are a very ignorant and small minded individual. If you have problems thinking of things to type OR the subjects confuse you then just sit back and read...or have your mommy read to you.  The  short version....... DON'T POST YOU IGNORANCE UNLESS YOU CAN BACK IT UP and BOY..... I CAN BACK IT UP.

That was good.

I think this peice of garbage has side tracked this thread enough. He has clearly proven that there is still a need to defend what is right. and thanks to shitbags like "BOY", it will be an up hill battle.

That girl should go on national tv for this debate
and i think everybody should have right to wear anything i don't care it's pink rebal flags
on her t-shirt.She should go protest outside white house  in washton dc and captial hill..

I know every redneck if they heard  this story what happen to that 15year
oh! i bet that whole town is riding by that school with  alot rebel flags driving by,
i bet they have a rebel flag cement into ground there.lol  :)



 

It is a Confederate flag, not a rebel flag. The term rebel is a generic term and not be mistaken for what the flag represents.

However, I see your point.

wull my parantals sais' use a bad man man so i dont kow u parnets persmiisoin butt it not up to u parent wat u can write or not

aint dat da truf!

i listen to rap, and my dad has 20 inch rims on his truck, all im missing is the gold teeth.
You're classification of people is way out of wack, and the way you classify, and what you call people in those classifications is just tickin for an @ss kickin.

I'm sure your parents had no problem with what you wrote, after all the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I agree with the rest you, the reason why that flag is viewed as racist is because of ignorant hillbilly's like this one. Why don't you and your parents go march in Brownsville or Liberty City and proclaim your belief?? I got a better idea coward why dont you slip into your white klan outfit and drive off a cliff!

I can not believe you do not see the problem here. Tell your parents they are ignorant white trash as well. You are correct about one thing. You have the right to express your beliefs. That is one of the things I am fighting for. I serve this country and it tears into me to see some piece of garbage like you using the rights myself and other service members give to you as a shield for your blatant disregard for intelligence. Stop standing behind my heritage with your idiocy. Go back to your traitor and listen to some David Alien Coe and talk about how great life is.

Sorry guys, I missed this thread and Moose just brought it to our (mods) attention. This moron has been banned for 3 days for his racial slurs and just being plain stupid.

Mike, I think the members on this site had it under control. Don’t blame the kid, blame his parents for having kids.