It was “explained that red, white, and blue was going to be seen as racially insensitive,” one student said.
A Washington high school banned its students from wearing red, white, and blue-themed outfits at a football game in honor of 9/11 victims. Students at Eastlake High School in Sammamish, Washington, were reportedly aiming for a Patriot’s Day theme in which they were set to wear red, white, and blue to the game to honor those who fell victims in the September 11,2001 attack, KTTH reported. But the school administration canceled the tribute in fears that some students would find it “racially insensitive.” In an email obtained by the news outlet, the school principal reportedly said that wearing those colors at the game, which marked the 9/11 20th anniversary, could “unintentionally cause offense to some who see it differently.” Shannon Parthemer, the Communications Director for Lake Washington school district, said that a staff member was responsible for canceling the theme.
