A Folsom middle school teacher (Sutter) was put on administrative leave for bringing a Confederate Flag into his classroom. It seems he was using it to teach "history". He also had the Union Flag there too. This may become a national story, already on local news with plenty of opposing opinion.
The teacher seems to be a popular one with a lot of parental support. There are also people calling for him to be fired. It seems this same teacher has a past of making insensitive remarks about black people. He one time told students that in the south, to treat blacks with equality meant if you lynched one you have to lynch them all.
My question is why was this racist pig even allowed back in the classroom after that? If you support him YOU are sick in your head. So they let him back in and now he brings the flag which offends so many into a classroom under the guise of teaching history.
This is a no brainer good people of Folsom. If it was Mr. Kotter or Miss Crabtree bringing the flag in perhaps they could be forgiven for a lapse in judgement. However a man with a racially insensitive past such as this guy has got to go. I don't care how nice or popular he is. There is NO PLACE for this flag to be in the public square. Especially the schools. You are free to fly it or have it in your car etc etc but NOT in a place where THE PEOPLE are ALL represented and paying taxes. PERIOD!
His supporters think kids need to learn history blah blah. Fine, use an effing text book then. Show a picture. That would be ok imo. What this teacher has done is USE the flag for his own racist views while hiding behind a history lesson. Racists do that. Look around. They do it. They act innocent and push the envelope.
All that is well and good. NOT in the public square though. See Niki Haley and what she finally did in S. Carolina. THAT'S where we are and should be in America in 2017. This guy must be fired.
Before you react to this ask yourself..If it is ok to bring in a flag representing hatred and slavery to so many and saying it is ok because it's history, then the next thing a clown like this will do is wear a KKK sheet or a Jewish Yellow star because THAT is also history. Think about that.
The rebel flag may not bother you but if a teacher came in wearing the Jewish star forced on them by Hitler you would think differently. Or the KKK hood. OR I can name many other things targeting different groups who have suffered and use "history" as an excuse. How about Black Face? Or and Indian with a scalp belt? It can go on and on. This bum must go. Period!