NY POST: Westchester teen wins battle to start conservative club at school

PHOTO: #LukeWong, 17, displays his student-club flag after Harrison HS in #WestchesterCounty approved the on-campus presence of the conservative organization after two years.

HARRISON NY: One Westchester teen is painting the town — or, at least, his school — red, now that his conservative student club has finally been approved after a two-year battle.

Luke Wong, a 17-year-old junior, has been fighting since his freshman year to launch a chapter of the national Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) club at #HarrisonHighSchool.

The straight-A student told The Post: “I was really inspired to bring a conservative message to campus. I hoped to open up dialogue. I thought that the school would be totally willing to go for it.”

Instead, Wong was shot down by school administration in April 2019.

“I didn’t get a clear-cut reason why,” said Wong.It’s not easy being red in school these days, the teen said, adding that young conservatives fear “being cancelled or ostracized. People would label me. They’ll default to calling me racist or just not speak to me,” said Wong, a grandchild of Chinese immigrants who passed through Ellis Island.

Still, he noted, some 25 students expressed interest in joining the free speech-oriented club…..

https://nypost.com/2021/01/16/westchester-teen-wins-battle-to-start-conservative-school-club/