Offensive?

Upon attending a Boerne High School basketball game much of the focus was less on the game and more on the students being escorted from the game for the act of wearing suits and ties. As portrayed by the administration a tie is offensive and possibly racist. Due to the circumstance of playing the schools biggest rival, Alamo Hieghts High School, primarly known for their wealthy social standard, the act of wearing a suit and tie was unappropriate. Bull shit.
Primary to the game the administration of the school had made an anouncement that their would be no more dressing up in costumes during the basketball games ( a developing tradition for the seniors to raise student moral and school spirit). In rebellion 4 students decided to go to the other extreme of dressing up from costumes to suits. Disruptive, racist, offensive? I think not.
After multiple confrontations following ejection the administration had not retreated; however, they had called the local police to guard all entrances to the stadium to deny entrance to those refusing to change their attire.
Being one of the students wearing the attire of a suit I was outraged with such a ignorant policy. What the hell is wrong with a suit? People wear suits everyday of every ethniticity and of most financial statuses, especially those from a school who was dubbed 3rd snobiest in the country by Jay Leno. The suit was in no way offensive but a way to raise student passion without dressing in costumes which had been allowed at all the previous games.
In the debate with the school’s principal it is found that the administration did not make the rule of no costumes but enforced it upon the request of parents. The parents argument for the no costume policy was that of racial slures being thrown around from the students in halloween attire. As though the no costume policy would by some work of a higher power stop any racial comments. Ignorant? I think so.
However, the no suit rule was not one of the parents but of the administration souly in attempt to impress the parents at my best guess. The suits at worst added a profuse amount of sweat to the enviroment of the game. Needless to say everyone was still in school dress code by wearing formal clothing.
The act of such a policy reflects the close minded conservative envirement of the Boerne community. Such a rule is so far out of left field Babe Ruth himself cannot touch it. I am ashamed to be representing a community where a suit during a high school sporting event has become offensive and border line racial despite the fact that the coaches were all wearing suits and they represent the team more than the fans.
A policy of such ignorance is what drives almost as much as anything to move far away and start a life of my own where ignorance is not a daily encounter. Where suits are not required nor shunned.