Student says she's fighting racism at W.Va. high school, where some fly Confederate flags

Confederate flags are flying at East Hardy High School in Baker, West Virginia. One student said it’s another example of racism inside her school district and she wants to expose it.
It’s the focus of a Crisis in the Classroom exclusive I-Team investigation.
On the last week of school before this year’s summer break at East Hardy High School students started showing up for class flying the confederate flag in the back of their pick-up trucks.
“Nobody seems to care and it’s really disheartening to think about that,”
says Skyla Nelson who will be heading into her junior year in the fall.
Nelson believes the flags are a result of her conducting her own investigation into the use of the n-word by students at East Hardy.
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  • @colelitteral8369
    @colelitteral8369 Жыл бұрын

    Hahaha that first woman though 😂 yeah okay ya want people to take you seriously ?

  • @shaec9397
    @shaec9397 Жыл бұрын

    What is the difference from seeing gay flags and gay advertised all on tv

  • @user-xh6bb6sb8t

    @user-xh6bb6sb8t

    3 ай бұрын

    You know the difference

  • @jasoncampos2933
    @jasoncampos2933 Жыл бұрын

    It’s funny cause West Virginia left Virginia for a reason lmao

  • @rogerdehaven5603
    @rogerdehaven5603 Жыл бұрын

    If this little girl doesn't like it she can home school. 🇺🇸

  • @michaelmount3811
    @michaelmount3811 Жыл бұрын

    Come on people we're not in slavery no more it's all about history

  • @williamsherman7811

    @williamsherman7811

    Жыл бұрын

    that flag represents inbreeding

  • @elvisfan6475

    @elvisfan6475

    Жыл бұрын

    @@moblith3952 go for it

  • @nicelol5241
    @nicelol52416 ай бұрын

    putting the confederate flag besides the american flag is so funny and WORSER when you realize WV was never a confederate state

  • @BM-fz9yc
    @BM-fz9yc Жыл бұрын

    Freedom of expression is freedom of expression. If kids in school in NYC can walk around with pride flag everything then kids in Mississippi can walk around with their confederate crap. Banning them from doing so isn’t changing any minds, it’s just going to breed resentment. Maybe this girl should try to get to know her classmates and talk to them.

  • @frankiemassengale7565

    @frankiemassengale7565

    Жыл бұрын

    That is not freedom of expression it is arrogant the kids no it is arrogant black and white people have the same rights it need to be respect. Freedom of speech is not being racist to black people that is arrogant

  • @BM-fz9yc

    @BM-fz9yc

    Жыл бұрын

    @@frankiemassengale7565 there’s no such thing as the right not to be offended. Arrogance, ignorance, and offense are still protected by the first amendment

  • @efrgefrg7010

    @efrgefrg7010

    4 ай бұрын

    @@frankiemassengale7565so what do you wanna fly that lgbtq flag

  • @nicelol5241

    @nicelol5241

    4 ай бұрын

    comparing the pride flag to the confederate flag is one of stupidest false equivalences ive read.

  • @efrgefrg7010

    @efrgefrg7010

    4 ай бұрын

    @@nicelol5241 yeah the confederate is the pride flag and the lgbtq flag is the stupidest right

  • @bandog6391
    @bandog6391 Жыл бұрын

    And BLM is not a hate group..lmao

  • @WashingtonDC20032

    @WashingtonDC20032

    Жыл бұрын

    No it’s not

  • @yallgonlearntoday

    @yallgonlearntoday

    Жыл бұрын

    It isn’t. You just won’t take the time to read. Probably can’t read.

  • @liamur

    @liamur

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol how does BLM have any relevancy to this story

  • @raquellraquell52

    @raquellraquell52

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm curious... Y'all are mad and blaming everything on black people, therefore you hate black people? You know wen u hate people for nothing it sounds like a jealousy goin on. If we were so much nothing, so below white people, wouldn't we be the "peons" you wouldnt have to worry about? I mean , you don't go letting " peons" or " nothing's" love rent free in your heads... Not unless you have a reason to fear them. Not unless you feel we're really better than you are...it projects weakness to hate black people for just anything... Especially, when in reality, it's mostly white people against white people. Ex; Jan 6.... wat the hell we have to do with that? But it makes y'all " constitution loving" people mad at us somehow 🤣...go figure. Question, did we make y'all smear shit in the hallways of capital? Did we cause y'all to kill each other that day? Did we cause y'all to piss on the capital building floors? But it makes you hate black people... Retarded and absolutely show your weakness...

  • @pz1007

    @pz1007

    Жыл бұрын

    BLM is a terrorist group worse than a hate group

  • @Chahn20
    @Chahn20 Жыл бұрын

    Bro this is my school

  • @bidenhatesamerica
    @bidenhatesamerica Жыл бұрын

    One look at her says it all. This is a joke

  • @seanskeete8785
    @seanskeete8785 Жыл бұрын

    She better find a new school.

  • @emiliobello2538
    @emiliobello2538 Жыл бұрын

    Oh my

  • @cheesecakefactoryenthusias9904
    @cheesecakefactoryenthusias9904 Жыл бұрын

    She looks like the average reddit user

  • @RicoClout28

    @RicoClout28

    Жыл бұрын

    She looks fabulous little man

  • @joedyyellowbird553
    @joedyyellowbird553 Жыл бұрын

    Why? They lost

  • @surreal3900
    @surreal3900 Жыл бұрын

    Well that shouldn't be difficult to expose, it's West Virginia after all.

  • @therealcanadagaming
    @therealcanadagaming Жыл бұрын

    Bruhh why the hell she got car stickers on her face????

  • @erickrodriguez4107
    @erickrodriguez4107 Жыл бұрын

    Why is this news?

  • @jazzyj6640

    @jazzyj6640

    Жыл бұрын

    Because it can be.

  • @JohnSmith-zw8vp
    @JohnSmith-zw8vp Жыл бұрын

    What makes her so certain they're racist? Flying/displaying a Confederate flag is not necessarily done out of racist intent.

  • @xwrtk

    @xwrtk

    Жыл бұрын

    These same students with the confederate flags are also using racial slurs against her.

  • @major_kukri2430

    @major_kukri2430

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you watch it? They literally call people the n word as an insult.

  • @JohnSmith-zw8vp

    @JohnSmith-zw8vp

    Жыл бұрын

    @@major_kukri2430 Some might but not all. Again it depends on the individual and one can just as easily call someone "n" without a Confederate flag. One =/= the other.

  • @major_kukri2430

    @major_kukri2430

    Жыл бұрын

    @John Smith it really doesn't make much of a difference. You're still insulting someone. Waving or not waving a confederate doesn't change much.

  • @colelitteral8369

    @colelitteral8369

    Жыл бұрын

    @@major_kukri2430 peoples gonna call people different things especially in schools you don’t think they have different words for white folks? Just so happens that words gonna hurt some little feelings the most.

  • @mikebaird6788
    @mikebaird6788 Жыл бұрын

    All it is is a battle flag if people want to attach it to your truck on the back that's their own right you don't like it don't look at it

  • @Republic4ever714
    @Republic4ever71410 ай бұрын

    First ammendment RIGHT! The flag is not racist! So sick of ignorant people!

  • @greenbrickbox3392

    @greenbrickbox3392

    4 ай бұрын

    The flag is treasonous and pro-slavery. Also its idiotic to fly it in a historically free-state since its not even heritage there

  • @nunyuhbusiness9016
    @nunyuhbusiness9016 Жыл бұрын

    Maybe people would take her a little more seriously if she didn't present herself as a joke. Stop worrying about others freedom of expression and get on with your day.

  • @frankiemassengale7565

    @frankiemassengale7565

    Жыл бұрын

    You are arrogant

  • @2loaves388
    @2loaves388 Жыл бұрын

    If you don't like it get out. Freedom of expression is allowed

  • @surreal3900

    @surreal3900

    Жыл бұрын

    Then you all don't need all the government funding and welfare either.

  • @2loaves388

    @2loaves388

    Жыл бұрын

    @@surreal3900 agreed. And taxes need to be abolished

  • @Redneckgreg
    @Redneckgreg7 ай бұрын

    Hell yeah rebel and American flag not hate

  • @morbidcorpse5954
    @morbidcorpse5954 Жыл бұрын

    I listen to black metal and would wear the most blasphemous jesus bashing shirt I could find if I went there.

  • @colelitteral8369

    @colelitteral8369

    Жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t

  • @jonicey8899
    @jonicey8899 Жыл бұрын

    Put It out of it's misery is where im at..

  • @dwindlefoddl7225
    @dwindlefoddl7225 Жыл бұрын

    WTH?!?! What's with that make-up ?!?!

  • @stewart8127

    @stewart8127

    Жыл бұрын

    Ronald Antifa Macdonald

  • @letsgobrandon1367
    @letsgobrandon1367 Жыл бұрын

    that kid's style is hideous. her stance is fair, but i believe that flying the confederate flag is an issue of freedom of speech. it shall never stop being an issue. my stance is with the confederate flag, but not with racist intent. and it seems this girl implied that the swastika and the confederate flag have been flown as hate symbols for hundreds of years. not every time the confederate flag was flown was in hurtful intent.

  • @greenbrickbox3392

    @greenbrickbox3392

    4 ай бұрын

    Confederacy existed for less time than Nazi Germany did, it only ever stood for preservation of slavery by treason and post-war it stood for white supremacy in the South. Many other southern and state symbols that actually involve non-racist parts of heritage, especially in West Virginia which was a free-state and didn't join the confederacy

  • @terryjohnson2093
    @terryjohnson2093 Жыл бұрын

    I was born in West Virginia. This is particularly sad because West Virginia left Virginia because we did not want to be part of those slave owning sob's in Virginia. Flying the southern battle flag is offensive to any true West Virginian.

  • @JohnRebCSA

    @JohnRebCSA

    Жыл бұрын

    lol "west" virginia was stolen from virginia. the majority of west virginia was pro confederate

  • @moblith3952

    @moblith3952

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly. Smart man here.

  • @elvisfan6475

    @elvisfan6475

    Жыл бұрын

    I live in w. Virginia and I know thousands of people fly them. So don't talk for everybody

  • @ar-1571

    @ar-1571

    Жыл бұрын

    WV wanting to secede from VA has been going on since America’s inception. WV had very little slave owners due to climate and BACK THEN property and slaves were a “status” which WV did not have. So with that they had no voice in government at all

  • @fullmontycarlo

    @fullmontycarlo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@elvisfan6475 You’re correct. Racist, confederate flag flying troglodytes can be found in places one would not expect.

  • @stevemcgillivray3747
    @stevemcgillivray3747 Жыл бұрын

    Is she fighting against black on Caucasian racism?

  • @major_kukri2430

    @major_kukri2430

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you see any going on at her school to fight against?

  • @robfarris4849
    @robfarris4849 Жыл бұрын

    Awwwwwwww poor woke woke.

  • @jazzyj6640

    @jazzyj6640

    Жыл бұрын

    What’s that?

  • @tT-hw8yu
    @tT-hw8yu Жыл бұрын

    trump still lost 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 What you're seeing is sheep, they fly those flags to try to fit in. trump still lost 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

  • @davidtolman1266
    @davidtolman1266 Жыл бұрын

    Then do home school then.

  • @truthseeker2222
    @truthseeker22226 күн бұрын

    Rebel pride