I got an email about this from Stop the ACLU yesterday and after having received it I read the related stories and just started getting more and more pissed off. Normally schools have a policy of making kids change their clothes when they are found unacceptable. To most schools unacceptable means showing their midriff, tube tops, tank tops, rude, offensive or drug related sayings or photos. I assumed that what was referred to as a tie-dyed t-shirt must have fallen into one of the categories but after having seen the picture here it looks like none of the above. It actually looks pretty cool. If I wore tie-dyed stuff I would wear it in pride.
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Officials at the Merced County school confirmed Thursday that Jake Shelly was forced to take off a red, white and blue tie-dyed American flag T-shirt on Tuesday. The shirt said nothing offensive, just: "United States of America, Washington, D.C."
The school's assistant principal issued Shelly a bright yellow T-shirt that read "DCV: Dress Code Violator" to wear for the rest of the day. He was given his shirt back after classes ended.
"It was really embarrassing and humiliating to have to wear that all day -- and just for supporting your country," his sister Kaycee Shelly said.
Kaycee Shelly told members of the media at lunchtime that her brother was overwhelmed and did not want to do any more interviews.
Earlier in the day, he was speaking with a local news station when an unidentified teacher walked up to him, ripped off the microphone clipped to his shirt and told him he was not allowed to talk to the media.
An assistant principal at the school felt that the shirt fell under a clause of the dress code having to do with promoting races and ethnicities. What a crock of shit.
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