Posted on 05/09/2024 7:41:25 AM PDT by MtnClimber
An English teacher’s vocabulary assignment included the word “aliens.” The student asked the teacher if the word “referred to ‘space aliens or illegal aliens who need green cards.’
Christian McGhee, 16, has filed a federal lawsuit through his parents, claiming his North Carolina school violated his freedom of speech and deprived him of due process for suspending him after he said “illegal aliens.”
“I have raised our son to reject racism in all its forms, but it is the school, not Christian, that injected race into this incident. It appears that this administration would rather destroy its own reputation and the reputation of my son rather than admit they made a mistake,” said Leah McGhee, Christian’s mother.
The suit names the Davidson County Board of Education and Eric Anderson, Central Davidson High School’s assistant principal, as the defendants.
e Liberty Justice Center is representing McGhee.
An English teacher’s vocabulary assignment included the word “aliens.” McGhee asked the teacher if the word “referred to ‘space aliens or illegal aliens who need green cards.'”
A student said he would “kick [McGhee’s] ass. The teacher contacted Anderson, the assistant principal.
Anderson brought in McGhee and the student who complained. The student, identified as R., told Anderson (my emphasis) “that he was not offended.” He was JOKING.
That wasn’t good enough for Anderson:
When R. said that he was not offended, Mr. Anderson disagreed and told R. that C.M.’s words “were a big deal,” effectively telling R. that he should have been offended.
Then Anderson spoke to C.M. and said that R. was “upset,” “crying,” and “offended.” C.M. did not find these assertions believable because he could see that R. was not upset. But C.M. listened to Assistant Principal Anderson and told his side of the story. Mr. Anderson would later recall telling C.M. that it would have been more “respectful” for C.M. to phrase his question by referring to “those people” who “need a green card.”.....
The really sad thing is that I am not even surprised.
Guess Phil Collins better not show up there.
This should be an easy hundred thousand bucks or so.
The student asked the teacher if the word “referred to ‘space aliens or illegal aliens who need green cards.’
Unfortunately the taxpayers pay. This should be paid by the employees who did it.
The freedom of vouchers and parental choice is the only solution to destroy the communist takeover of the public schools.
Illegal alien is a legal term in US Code and appears 33 times in the law.
Unfortunately it is the taxpayers that will have to pay out on this rather than the idiot administrators that did this.
“those people” Mr Anderson does not realize he is racist as well.
you never hear that on the radio anymore.
Really?
He wanted him to use “those people”?
That is way more offensive then illegal alien which is pretty much value neutral.
Hope they bankrupt the district.
You just can’t make this shit up!
Amazing that illegal aliens is now racist..I hope the idiot will be fired..
Try $5m minimum. The school violated his civil rights, and 1st amendment right to freedom of expression.
This would be a good time to suggest that North Carolina should offer vouchers for private school. Except that Governor Roy Cooper is against vouchers (even though HIS OWN kids went to private school).
“I have raised our son to reject racism in all its forms, but it is the school, not Christian, that injected race into this incident. It appears that this administration would rather destroy its own reputation and the reputation of my son rather than admit they made a mistake,” said Leah McGhee, Christian’s mother.
Nothing racist about what he said.
It’s border sovereignty issue
Given that we have illegal aliens from just about every country on the planet, which race does he hate?
The Assistant Principal’s position is not plausible, and should not be given any sort of immunity for his actions. Same with the teacher.
More proof that the left never actually believed in free speech.
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