Friendly caucasian boy wears racist t-shirt to school..a beating ensued
 

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Fleming senior wears racist T-shirt to school

"What's up with your shirt?"


Those are the words a former senior at Fleming Island High School remembers hearing as he walked from his fifth-period algebra class toward the gym. The 18-year-old, who is not being identified due to his family's concerns of safety, had just taken off his Dixie Outfitter T-shirt, exposing a highly offensive shirt.

"What about it?" replied the 18-year-old, skinny and white.

"Well, you know it's racial," said a black student, now in a group confronting the 18-year-old.

"Yeah. So?"

The undershirt the white student wore had a confederate flag on the front with the words "Keep it flying." On the back, a cartoon depicted a group of hooded Klansmen standing outside a church, waving to two others who had just pulled away in a car reading "Just married."

Two black men in nooses were being dragged behind.

Upset by the shirt, a 17-year-old black student hit the white student in the head. A crowd of about 100 students gathered to watch the Aug. 29 fight before authorities intervened.

The white student said he left the school following a three-day suspension. He said he was supposed to go back on a Friday but school officials called and asked his family to keep him home until the following week because "the school's in an uproar."

"Everybody was threatening to come jump me, so we were like, whatever," he said. "So I'm not going to deal with it over some stupid shirt."

Clay County school officials said the incident is isolated and both students involved were disciplined "quickly and appropriately," although they would not release specifics citing privacy concerns.

"There's no way you can prevent it when you've got students coming and bringing an attitude like that to school," said Ben Wortham, deputy superintendent.

Principal Sam Ward said Fleming Island High School's dress code prohibits such apparel, but faculty were unaware the student wore the shirt because it was covered.

"If this kid had this shirt on for very long, some teacher or administrator would have gotten him," Ward said. "... When you put this many people together, every once in a while you're gonna have somebody that does something immature and wrong."

Sgt. Darin Lee of the Clay County Sheriff's Office investigated the altercation and found no criminal action.

Lee said the white student didn't want to press charges against the 17-year-old who hit him. Offensive as it may have been, the former student's shirt is protected by free speech, Lee added.

The white student, who is now enrolled at a community college, said he got the shirt about a week before the incident for $10 at a flea market. He said he typically took off his shirt on the way to the gym, and on that day he didn't think about what he wore underneath.

He said he put the shirt on in the morning because he planned to wear it to a party that night with others who, like him, had enlisted in the Marines.

"I'm not racist or anything," he said. "It's just, some people I hate, some people I don't get along with. And black people just happen to be the ones because they think they're better than everyone else."

The student said his parents were shocked at his decision, Mom dismayed and Dad disappointed.

"I just can't believe you'd wear a shirt like that to school," he said was their reaction. "My mom was kind of upset about it. My dad was like, whatever, it's your life."

The 18-year-old said he has friends who are black, and he said he does not think they would be mad at him because they know he would not do what was depicted on the shirt.

Although a friend has borrowed the shirt, the man said it is "more than likely" he'll keep it in his own wardrobe.

"I'm a redneck," he said. "But no, I'm not racist."

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kill whitie.......

What an idiot he got a well deserved beating.

18 and in highschool ?

he got exactly what he deserved

I think the shirt was pretty funny ... didn't mean he approved what KKK is doing ...

He had it coming. Its understandable that there will always be racism and i guess you can't really blame that 1 person since thats how they were brought up by their parents but theres no need to openly display it like that. If you don't want to sit next to a black person or sit in the same section of them thats fine but wearing a t shirt like that is just crossing the line.

I graduated at 18 (1/2 a semester early as well).. Lucky for me I had a brain and I wasn't a racist asshole.

I would of beat his ass too ... wtf was he thinking?

A Malcom X shirt is ok though. If anyone has read his books he suggested using voilence against white people. However wearing a david duke shirt would be a no no

"Offensive as it may have been, the former student's shirt is protected by free speech, Lee added."

Remember that, because its the same principle that keeps all of you in business. The christians would like to see you all drug behind a car.

It's a little more subtle though, don't you think? Besides, what do white people really have to complain about?

there is nothing remotely funny about that shirt

the point is, free speech is free speech, in all its disgusting & beautiful forms

Anybody with half a brain would realize that was racist and deserved to get beat,free speech or not..If somebody had a Hitler shirt baking the Jewish people,it is basically the same and morally wrong

Sure, I agree ... but he still deserved what he got.

Says the man with a gallery of a girl choking on a cock until she's red in the face.

Wrong Spunky man..:glugglug

He had an image on his shirt, & someone attacked him.

Thats getting what he deserves?

Yes common sense dictates it was IGNORANT on a large scale. However he should have been escorted into the principles office, explained the rules, sent him home & made sure he knew he was not to wear it again. End of story.

If this is what america is coming to, then people in the porn business are in ALOT of trouble my friend.

If you want to wear the shirt, fine. It is your right to wear it, freedom of speech and whatnot.

Just be prepared to catch a right hook from some guy that may not approve of it. That would be his "free will".

I agree, if you want to play with fire, be prepared to protect yourself from the flame.

I love you pr0.

Play with fire, get burned. Nuff said

it's hard to believe any rational person would actually condone violence over this

I'm almost double sided on this situation.
I'd would wear stupid shirts, because of the out-of-the-box humor.

But this kid actually had hate in him. I'd kick him in the nuts too, if I had the chance.

the kid got just what he deserved.

It has to do with media attention on the issue. If white people actually knew what Malcom X preeched I bet such shirts wouldn't be so accepted. But fact is white people almost idolise those that hate them now days (rappers, etc included).

fuckin' white trash.

ROFL

"I'm not racist or anything," he said. "It's just, some people I hate, some people I don't get along with. And black people just happen to be the ones because they think they're better than everyone else."

this kid is hardcore

That's what inbreeding does folks.

White trash should be drowned at birth.

good, he deserved an ass whooping.

Lots of kids are 18 by the time they graduate. Depends on the month you were born. My son was born in early April and was 18 when he graduated in June.

I was born in July, so I was 17 when I graduated in June.

The bad old days are still here...

damn, where can i get me one of em shirts ??

that is fucking funny!!!!

hehee that kid says he doesnt like blacks, and yet he is joining the Marines... he's going to love when he finds out that 99.9% of the female Marines exclusively sleep with blacks... hahahahaa

now don't go and try to be rational around here...

lol


it's fun to see SOOOOOO many people on this board quickly toss out 1st Amendment issues when it's not involving ass to mouth or throat gagging or simulated rape...but let some idiot wear a racist shirt and they're all for a beat down

interesting


PS: I do agree the kid was an idiot for wearing the shirt, but to get beat for it, the school should press charges if the kid didn't want to...

because someone says something I don't like, or wears something I don't like, doesn't give me the right to curb stomp their asses, no matter how much I'd like to

:/

I believe he had a right to wear the shirt but I don't blame anyone for kicking his ass.

white guy expressing himself using images = bad
black guy expressing himself using violence = good

Where are you getting your information from?

Exactly what he said. Where does the line get drawn as to what warrants a physical attack and what doesn't?

And that is the moralistic argument. The legal argument is clear cut; assault is illegal.

got any proofs?

absolutely illegal

I think it's pretty much the same in the Army from what I've heard, not a big deal really lol...

I think it may be more like 98.85% though, brother kman might be slipping a bit ;)


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And here I am thinking 99.9% of the female Marines are dikes. hahahahaa[/QUOTE]

not really, stupidity goes both ways

Not so long ago bunch of black students were shouting "Kill the whites" at a protest at the University of Pretoria, South Africa ..... the next day the University was like a battleground

IMO you have the right to be a racist kunt, but be preapared to suffer the consequences