{"id":747785,"date":"2021-09-13T12:35:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=747785"},"modified":"2021-09-13T12:35:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:35:56","slug":"high-school-quashes-student-plan-to-wear-red-white-and-blue-on-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-quashes-student-plan-to-wear-red-white-and-blue-on-9-11\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Quashes Student Plan To Wear Red, White, and Blue on 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhigh-school-quashes-student-plan-to-wear-red-white-and-blue-on-9-11%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=747785&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"28.759493670886\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/\">Latest News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Washington&#8217;s Eastlake High School says patriotic theme may &#8216;unintentionally cause offense&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-52222693_736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-52222693_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-52222693_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-52222693_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tGetty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/karl-salzmann\/\" title=\"Posts by Karl Salzmann\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Karl Salzmann<\/a> \u2022 September 13, 2021 12:21 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"69.019525801953\">\n<p>Administrators at a Washington state high school canceled a student-led plan to wear red, white, and blue at a football game in commemoration of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle radio host Jason Rantz reported Monday that&nbsp;Eastlake High School in Sammamish, Wash., squashed the plan, telling parents it may be racially insensitive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our leadership teachers made this decision and explained it to students,&#8221; Eastlake principal Chris Bede wrote to one concerned parent. &#8220;I know tomorrow is 9\/11 and understand the sacrifice and values our flag represents, but I think they just did not want to unintentionally cause offense to some who see it differently.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The school did not respond to Rantz&#8217;s requests for comment on who would take offense to the colors of the American flag.<\/p>\n<p>Some Eastlake parents have speculated that the administrators who kiboshed the plan thought red, white, and blue clothing would offend the opposing school&#8217;s football team, which is majority black.<\/p>\n<p>Eastlake High School students, who were not yet born on Sept. 11, 2001, came up with the idea to wear patriotic clothing at the football game. 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