Posted on 06/10/2016 8:04:09 AM PDT by simpson96
AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas high school valedictorian who described herself as "undocumented" in a tweet touting her academic accomplishments said she didn't intend to cause offense.
"My tweet wasn't made to mock anyone. I just wanted to show that no matter what barriers you have in front of you, you can still succeed," Mayte Lara told the Austin American-Statesman on Wednesday.
Lara graduated June 3 from Crockett High School in Austin. The 17-year-old's tweet read: "Valedictorian, 4.5GPA, full tuition paid for at UT, 13 cords/medals, nice legs, oh and I'm undocumented."
The tweet went viral and generated a barrage of negative comments online, most calling for her to leave the country and expressing anger at her University of Texas scholarship.
"First and foremost, I can fully admit that I should've been more cautious about my word choice, especially in these times where everything you say gets twisted and bashed on," she said in a statement to CBS affiliate KEYE. "However, I don't deserve the harassment I've been receiving and I should be proud of where I come from."
Lara said she was unprepared for the backlash and decided to deactivate her account "in attempts to ignore the harmful comments," she said.
"It was a common trend on twitter to highlight your success through a tweet like that, and I saw many other students from across the country doing the same and sharing the things they'd overcome, so I thought I'd share mine," she said to KEYE.
So much for ‘living in the shadows’
Illegals "live in the shadows" in the same way as homosexuality is still "the love that dare not speak its name."
Homosexuality has become the love that won't shut up, and illegals are constantly shining a spotlight on the fact that they have more rights and privileges than American citizens.
pinging
Well she does have nice legs — to bad she Groucho’s snoz.
Well she does have nice legs — to bad she Groucho’s snoz.
No. Her freshman year some faculty radical will force her to file suit for “being humiliated” by the right.
She meant in as an in your face to anyone that doesn’t want illegals in the country.
Deport her.
Plus by any metric her oddly-proportioned, bony kneed mestizo legs are not attractrive.
Why are simply discarding our birthright in this nation?
Ah, so if our system is flawed, then it's OK to beat the system. "I walked out of the store without paying for the merchandise. Since the store didn't catch me, it's their fault."
Blaming the victim makes it OK.
Yale and most colleges would call that "creative writing" and would move her to the top of their list if they found out.
It’s the self-esteem that counts these days. This b*tch is positively drunk on her own ego, thanks to an education system dedicated to boosting the arrogance of “minorities” combined with the typical youth selfie culture.
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