When Liberals Attack! Kindred Hospitals Vs. American Flags
That didn't stop a supervisor for Kindred Hospitals in Mansfield, Texas from taking down an American flag hanging in an office to celebrate Memorial Day in May 2009. The supervisor, who immigrated from Africa fourteen years ago, shared the office with other supervisors. One of those supervisors, Debbie McLucas, is a military veteran whose children all served in the armed forces, including a daughter currently serving in Iraq. In honor of the Memorial Day weekend, McLucas put up the flag. The African-born supervisor took the flag down when McLucas was off of work.
"The other supervisor took it down unknown to me because I wasn't at work that day, and it's when I returned to work last Friday that I was told it was taken down because it was offensive," McLucas said during an interview with local radio station KRLD, whose coverage of the event brought it to the public's attention.
Initially, the hospital supported the offended immigrant and kept the flag off the wall, until the story hit the local, and then national, media. The considerable outrage from the public who called Kindred Hospitals to complain and negative coverage from the media had an effect. Kindred Hospitals seemed to find their patriotic side. The hospital apologized and invited McLucas to put the flag back up.
One wonders why there wasn't some sort of effort made by Kindred Hospitals to ensure this doesn't happen again. Why wasn't the supervisor who took down the flag made to apologize? Why wasn't there "sensitivity training" to make sure military families are not discriminated against? Perhaps Kindred Hospitals should have their head checked.
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Source: The Dallas Morning News
Published by Victor Medina
Victor has served as a Community Voices columnist for THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS and editor of the NORTH TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS REPORT. He has been featured in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & several national magaz... View profile
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