African-American student bullied by teachers/students for wearing Obama t-shirt

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28. Interesting that you omitted a few key parts of the story

(Superintendent Ken) Kunin referenced the landmark 1969 Supreme Court decision on Tinker v. Des Moines, when the justices sided with high school students who were suspended for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. The high court ruled 7-2 that students’ free speech should be protected,

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Kunin said Principal Ryan Caron sent an email to the faculty Monday reminding them that the school should be open to and respectful of students’ ideas and speech. Kunin said he experienced similar challenges during the 2008 presidential election, when he was principal of Deering High School in Portland. He reminded students who supported then-candidate Barack Obama to respect students who wore T-shirts supporting Sen. John McCain.

It would seem that the district's administration has been fairly clear in its position, so that the actual headline should be: School superintendent explicitly supports students' right to free speech.

And, obviously, they should support that right.


It's curious that you would inject race into the discussion. Is it significant to you that Mullen is white?