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After students in Baraboo, Wisconsin, drew attention to the Badger State by posing for a picture in which almost all young men – most of them Caucasian – raised their arms with what seemed to be a Nazi salute, another group of students about 100 miles away decided that they would not let this picture speak for them.
More than 60 students from Rufus King High School in Milwaukee gathered after school earlier this month to create their own photo: a diverse group of youth showing signs of love and peace, reported OnMilwaukee.
The photo of Baraboo, which was taken in May before the high school graduation party, went viral after being posted on Twitter this month. Last week, Baraboo School superintendent Lori Mueller announced that students would not be punished for their first amendment rights.
Rufus King's students used their First Amendment rights to react with their own powerful image.
"We wanted to create something positive and loving and that represents Wisconsin in a positive light," Alice McGuinness, a 17-year-old senior at Rufus King, told OnMilwaukee.
Students and some of the faculty members presented the signs of peace, hearts, and the American sign in their American sign language, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The group created the hashtag #WIUnitedinLove to promote the message.
English teacher Kelly O'Keefe-Boettcher had the idea to take a picture and said she was satisfied with the number of people who chose to participate.
"Our goal at Rufus King is to be a spectator and not a spectator," she told Sentinel Journal.
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