Arizona High School Bans Patriotic Gear From Football Game

The school paper reports “the administration decided it was best to avoid any possible offensive connotations the theme would have.”

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by Derek Hunter | Daily Caller | October 23, 2015

 

 

Administrators at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, Arizona, have issued a mandate to students about what they can and cannot wear to a football game against rival Marcos de Niza — wear what we approve of or you will not be admitted.
The reason? The school paper reports “the administration decided it was best to avoid any possible offensive connotations the theme would have.”
What constitutes unacceptable clothing choices that could have “any possible offensive connotations”? According to the school paper:

It is the unfortunate truth that if you wear red, white or blue to the game you will not be admitted to the stadium. This is a fact.

But it didn’t end there. In a now deleted tweet, the newspaper staff was asked to be more specific as to what constitutes a violation of banned clothing list, to which the paper’s editors responded:

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