The I Word

Don't say it:

“According to an email describing the incident, sent to local officials and shared with Carolina Journal, a young man in class took offense to his question and reportedly threatened to fight him, prompting the teacher to call in the assistant principal,” the Carolina Journal’s Brianna Kraemer reported. “Ultimately, his words were deemed by administrative staff to be offensive and disrespectful to classmates who are Hispanic.” “I wasn’t speaking of Hispanics because everyone from other countries needs green cards, and the term ‘illegal alien’ is an actual term that I hear on the news and can find in the dictionary,” the student told the newspaper in his defense. He’s now concerned that this incident could jeopardize his future hopes for an athletic scholarship. “Because of his question, our son was disciplined and given THREE days OUT of school suspension for ‘racism,’” his mother said. “He is devastated and concerned that the racism label on his school record will harm his future goal of receiving a track scholarship.”

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