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All you have to do is take a look at the expression on Dad's face in the background to get a feel for where this poor kid learned how to be a juvenile delinquent. Presumably he'll graduate to the prison system where he can make Daddy proud.

As always, there may be missing details, but what is described doesn't support a lawsuit. This kid's dad must be doing everything he can to make sure his son has a lousier life than he did: teach him to spout obsceneties at school, ignore class schedules, resolve disputes with violence and then blame authorities for punishing his illegal behavior. What a screwed-up legacy!

There are lies, damn lies and statistics. In this article, Jodie Morse seeks to somehow find a statistical explanation for what the Modesto School District did, when the answer is rather obvious: this kid clearly had discipline problems prior to this incident, then escalated from unfocused hooliganism to assault. The school "farther from where he lives" is probably the California equivalent of a reform school, and it looks like they were late in transferring him there.

Real racial discrimination is still rampant in many forms. Here it is being used as a weapon by this kid's racist father, but there are many genuine victims of racial discrimination in the U.S.

Self-serving nonsense like this discredits and delegitimizes real racism complaints, and hurts all victims of racial discrimination.

Imal

All you have to do is take a look at the expression on Dad's face in the background to get a feel for where this poor kid learned how to be a juvenile delinquent.

Actually I had a different take on this. First of all, he's around. Many kids don't have a father in the house. He's probably pretty ticked off that his kid is such a loser.

Thank you for your thoughtful post #8, Imal. While I have very strong feelings about the matter described in the article, I'm still able to agree with you on your points here:

Real racial discrimination is still rampant in many forms. Here it is being used as a weapon by this kid's racist father, but there are many genuine victims of racial discrimination in the U.S.

Self-serving nonsense like this discredits and delegitimizes real racism complaints, and hurts all victims of racial discrimination.

...All though I agree with your response, you say racist father. Racist has been lumped in to mean prejudice, bigot, narrow minded, hate filled, for the PC. These words have different meanings. The racism argument/definition is Bullsht!

...But, you might be right about the father being a racist...