A black teenager says he was escorted out of his high school graduation ceremony in Sacramento, California, by three deputies after he refused to remove his kente cloth, a traditional Ghanaian silk and cotton fabric. In a statement issued Friday, the Elk Grove Unified School District confirmed the incident took place at the Sleep Train Arena on Tuesday. The school district statement said: “The student was allowed to walk across the stage to be recognized and took a formal picture with the principal wearing the kente cloth. “I wanted to wear my kente cloth as a representation of my pride in my ancestors, to display my cultural and religious heritage,” he said. The student was given his diploma.”Holmes said the school principal met his parents and apologized for the incident.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2016 20:03 UTC