Quote Originally Posted by St. Amish View Post
I wholeheartedly disagree. If he says no, despite your best efforts, why go?

Attending in anything less than a kilt after fighting to do so is an insult.

Discrimination is just that, no matter if you are of European descent.
I like you. I've been saying the same thing to this kid. Those of us of European ancestory have the same depth of culture as any other culture! If he were a black kid wanting to wear a dashiki, would the principal have anything to say? Why should that kid have any more right than a kid of Scots/Irish ancestory wanting to wear his own cultural garb? But respectfully, I have to disagree with you- it is not an insult. Calling it a skirt- that's an insult. Denying one kid the same rights that are extended to others- such as making an old black woman give up her seat on a bus so a young and healthy white man can sit down instead- is much more than a simple insult. There's a special word for it- descrimination. Plain and simple. If my kids school disallows my son to wear his kilt to any school function, I will first ask if it is a universal policy that applies to all the kids of all the cultures represented in the school. If not, then I will insist that my son be treated with the same respect as all other students. If that fails... I will be happy to have a lawyer give the school a call and discus the matter further as my representation. I seem to recall prejudice creating quite a problem here in this country not so many years ago. Prejudice is prejudice, no matter who it's directed at, and it can't be tolerated.

I have to say... I was planning to stay out of this thread because this kind of thing gets me fired up and angry... but I couldn't help myself!