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Kids’ t-shirts cause a stink at school

9:37 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · children|Controversia · 1 Comment

31 Mar 2006

A11435A-lg.jpg Being a kid just isn’t as it used to be. Especially since now if you wear an innocent t-shirt you’ll be accused of inciting racial violence. All of this the age of five:

A Hispanic second grader and kindergarten student in Virginia were sent home from school Friday for wearing homemade T-shirts that read “Latinos Forever” written in Spanish…

Todd Erickson, principal of Occoquan Elementary School, told the Potomac News that he was concerned the T-shirts would disrupt classes because a protest–the fourth in a week–was taking place Friday in Woodbridge.

“Today it was obvious, straight up, totally clear what was going on,” Erickson said.

Um, what was clear? What was going on? I don’t get it. They are FIVE and EIGHT for the love of God.

“How is that going to disrupt a kindergarten class?” Carmen Soriano, Joseph’s mother, asked.

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