 Politically Corrected: School
tries to create appropriate environment
for student opinion
By Marcy
Cwikla, Business Director
The
Dallas Morning News recently reported on
an incident that occurred at Highland
Park High School during its Homecoming
week this year that one Dallas
civil-rights leader said is racially
insensitive.
Graphic by Alexa Kutler
Students at Highland Park High School
expressed their spirit for Scots sports
teams by dressing as rappers, maids, and
yard workers for a variety of school
dress-up days during the Homecoming
week. On senior Thug Day, students wore
Afro wigs, fake gold teeth and baggy
jeans. On Fiesta Day, which was designed
to honor Hispanic heritage, one student
brought a leaf blower to school to serve
as a prop for his yard worker costume.
No students were punished for their
participation in the Homecoming dress up
days.
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