This was an issue at my high school. The school is called Robert E. Lee High School. For years there was a Confederate battle flag (the one everyone associates with the confederacy) on the side of the gym. Someone complained and rather than fight or make a big fuss, the school simply switched to the actual Confederate flag. Someone complained about that so they just designed a new one. The battle flag is still ALL over the school in one way or another. It's on my patches on my letterman, but apparently, as long as it's not on the gym it's ok. I honestly thought the whole thing was silly. The flag was never officially banned but the school just took it down to avoid a fight over something so petty.