Apparently there is alot of debate about it. I looked it up online.
A kid named chris Whitehead went against his school policy that said guys must wear pants during the hotter months. He said it was unfair girls could change into skirts while guys couldnt change into shorts. There was a loophole in the policy which made it possible for boys to wear skirts, so thats exactly what he did to protest. Skirts arent exactly the same thing as kilts, but the idea is still there.
Chris Whitehead Article
Apparently there is alot of debate over kids wearing kilts at school dances too. Alot of prinipals or schools seem to think there is something wrong with it. This begs the quetion, is it against a kids rights to tell him to change into pants? It is a traditional dress afterall. If he is trying to honor his heritage, who is anybody to stop him? If aything good came out of this its the scottish heritage organizatiosn spoke out about it, and came together. I think more often than not people in america, especially christians, and people who feel they have no ties to their cultures let things go without voicing their opinions. Maybe they think that they dont have a right to say anything, or maybe they just don't care enough, but it annoys me when nothing is said against acts like these.
Kilt to dance article
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