A high school student in Missouri who wanted to celebrate Southern culture at a school multicultural assembly by unfurling a Confederate flag was told that's not the sort of culture his school wants to celebrate and unceremoniously removed from the assembly, according to the Columbia Missourian.
Ryan Lanman and a friend at Hickman High School in Columbia, Mo. were kicked out of school for raising the flag during a presentation of the "Yellow Rose of Texas." He said he merely wanted to openly support a multicultural group that is under-represented and ignored in school.
Other students said the act was racist. Junior Taneka Jackson said the action "really hurt me, seriously hurt me" and that it was inappropriate at a multicultural assembly meant to celebrate different cultures. "It was a disrespect to everyone in there," she said.
