u/Critical_Dance_825

Hi reddit! My law school graduation is coming up soon and when getting my regalia, there was an option to get a stole with country flags. For context, I was born and raised in a country in the Middle East, and moved to the US in elementary school. I’ve been a US citizen for over a decade. I wanted to wear the flag of my home country during graduation as I know other students are doing that as well and they weren’t even born in those countries. My family is really concerned and saying that wearing my middle eastern country stole will antagonize people, that I should not trust people, and that it might get me in trouble because I’ve accepted a job offer to work post Bar exam in a local government office. Any advice or thoughts? Thanks!