Freewrite

I didn't know about this tradition until this morning, so it really isn't that important to me, but my initial response is that they shouldn't really be burning anything anyway. Before I read about the reason for cancelling the ceremony, I assumed that they had just realized that maybe the act could be related to the KKK burning non-white people on the cross. In fact, the picture in the newspaper immediately reminded me of that act. I find it kind of offensive, especially since through some of my experiences here, I have already found that there is racism here. If they hadn't mentioned the actual reason for cancelling the event, I wouldn't have even related it to that.