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School sued for suspending student who used term ‘illegal alien’
NewsNation ^ | 5/8/24 | Damita Menezes

Posted on 05/08/2024 12:28:27 PM PDT by MAGA2017

(NewsNation) — The mother of a North Carolina high school student who was suspended for asking about the term “illegal alien” in class says the punishment could hinder his college prospects if it remains on his record.

Leah McGhee said her 16-year-old son Christian, a 10th grader at Central Davidson High School, was just asking a question when he used the term, which the school allegedly equated “to a vicious racial slur.”

“Christian is raised in a household that instills the beliefs in the following of Jesus Christ. For him, that hurts even more, because he knows in his heart, he has zero racism in his heart,” McGhee said Tuesday on NewsNation’s “On Balance.”

Antisemitism ‘is happening in our high schools’: Rep. Aaron Bean The family represented by the Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit against the school district, alleging violations of Christian’s free speech, education and due process rights.

McGhee said she is concerned the three-day suspension could create issues when Christian applies to colleges next year.

“This label that was so unfairly placed on his record is going to hinder him,” she told NewsNation.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsnationnow.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: illegalalien; student; suspended
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Any college that has an issue with her son for using an accurate, legitimate and valid term isn't worth attending.
1 posted on 05/08/2024 12:28:27 PM PDT by MAGA2017
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“ILLEGAL ALIEN” is an accurate term of art in the law.


2 posted on 05/08/2024 12:30:37 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (DEI = Didn't Earn It!)
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“Illegal alien” is a normal term used in the English language. If you can’t handle it, learn to speak Mexican.


3 posted on 05/08/2024 12:33:34 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Weird how the invading hordes of illegal foreign deadbeats didn't start until FJB took the throne.)
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"The family represented by the Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit against the school district, alleging violations of Christian’s free speech, education and due process rights."

Let's hope they win the lawsuit and Davidson County and its officials have to pay out $millions!!!

4 posted on 05/08/2024 12:35:41 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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there are millions of illegal aliens in USA today

what does this silly school plan to do to clean this problem up? that’s the better question


5 posted on 05/08/2024 12:37:19 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: MAGA2017

Sue the adults at the school personally. Only way to stop this crap.


6 posted on 05/08/2024 12:39:55 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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“Any college that has an issue with her son for using an accurate, legitimate and valid term isn’t worth attending.”

What you say is true but why should the student have to worry about this at all. The suspension should be expunged, the responsible authority reprimanded in writing, and a letter of apology issued to the student.


7 posted on 05/08/2024 12:43:25 PM PDT by PTBAA
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The east coast schools are getting a goofy as the west coast schools are logic will not be tolerated utopia classes only.

Here in Los Angeles one would be stunned to hear a high school students logic.


8 posted on 05/08/2024 12:44:15 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Illegal aliens come from a lot of countries, including English-speaking ones.


9 posted on 05/08/2024 12:45:57 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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Although union educrats are always playing with house-money (ie taxpayers) so they couldn’t care less: in this case - I hope the kid wins $$ millions


10 posted on 05/08/2024 12:47:05 PM PDT by PGR88
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Guess these guys won't be playing at their prom...


11 posted on 05/08/2024 12:48:23 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“ILLEGAL ALIEN”

I remember when the proper term was “WETBACK.”


12 posted on 05/08/2024 12:49:18 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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You’re supposed to use the term “newcomers”, and you’re not supposed to notice the switch-up.


13 posted on 05/08/2024 12:54:30 PM PDT by packagingguy
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I thought it was

“Geographically displaced person”


14 posted on 05/08/2024 12:56:22 PM PDT by algore
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“Wet backs” is another good term.

Hispanics call them “Mojados” which is the same as “Wet back” in spanish.


15 posted on 05/08/2024 12:56:27 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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“Any college that has an issue with her son for using an accurate, legitimate and valid term isn’t worth attending.”

Problem is transcripts rarely tell the whole story. They likely only see “served 3-day suspension for hate speech”.


16 posted on 05/08/2024 12:59:28 PM PDT by Zack Attack (✔)
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Thanks to the inept Department of Education our school students now have almost no chance of competing on the world’s stage except for their ability to use the proper pronouns when addressing someone and naming all 84 genders.


17 posted on 05/08/2024 1:00:16 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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Excellent.

Although this was actually a high school.

But the same applies everywhere.


18 posted on 05/08/2024 1:06:30 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

sí señor


19 posted on 05/08/2024 1:08:00 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: MAGA2017

The Admins likely suspended him after they noticed that his name was Christian.


20 posted on 05/08/2024 1:08:31 PM PDT by Paladin2
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