Prom picture with Confederate flag, guns stirs controversy
theGRIO REPORT - A group of Colorado teens posed for a prom picture this weekend, and it is generating controversy.
A group of Colorado teens posed for a prom picture this weekend, and it is generating controversy.
In the photo, the Denver high school students are dressed to the nines and can be seen holding guns (or finger guns) and holding a Confederate flag.
The group picture was taken shortly before the teens attended Chaparral High School’s prom.
“When he got out there he was surprised that guns were brought out and the Confederate flag was brought out,” a mother of one of the students in the picture, who said that her son made a mistake and that she did not condone his behavior, told Fox Denver. “There were other parents there fully supporting it and taking pictures.”
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“I think in their immaturity they kind of think it is a cowboy thing, but to have parents feed into it and support it is really upsetting to me,” she said.
Others in the community have seen and are reacting to the picture with concern. University of Colorado-Boulder ethnic studies professor Arturo Aldama said, “The image is pretty disturbing, especially if they have real assault rifles in their hands. Not to mention, the Confederate flag and its legacy of white supremacy, Klan violence and the Jim Crow South.”
