Grade 11 student Carl Niedermeyer unfurled a torrent of opposition to a newly instituted ban against any display of
the image of the Nazi flag or swastika because of its negative
connotation as a symbol of racism.
"To be told that showing our German pride using this flag is us being
racist is not only an insult to us as human beings, but possibly even a
bit racist in itself," says the 16-year-old Sutton resident.
The flag with a red background featuring a black swastika in a white
circle flown by German troops during the Second World War of 1939 to
1945 has less to do with imperialist expansion, racism and genocide for
some students than it does a 'folksy' culture of beer halls, the music
of Richard Wagner and rebelling against authority.
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