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In article <v0afbg$27a2q$1@dont-email.me>,
 "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> Student suspended for using term 'illegal alien' in English class
> by Brianna Kraemer
> The Carolina Journal
> April 15, 2024
> https://www.carolinajournal.com/student-suspended-for-using-term-illegal-alien
> -in-english-class/
> 
> A boy was given a vocabularly assignment, including the word "alien". He
> asked about space aliens or "illegal aliens without green cards". He
> had heard the terms on the news and wanted to understand what was being
> asked of him. He wasn't directing it at Hispanics but anyone from
> another country.
> 
> A Hispanic boy threatened to fight him, so the teacher called the
> assistant principal who solved the problem by deeming the question
> "offensive and disrespectful to classmates who are Hispanic".
> 
> The boy who asked the question was suspended for three days and has a
> black mark on his permanent record which could interfere with getting a
> college scholarship. The other boy who took offense and made the threat
> was not disciplined at all.

Before the ACLU became a quasi-communist political action committee, 
this is the kind of case they would have instantly jumped on. Now 
citizens are left to fund their own lawsuits if they want to hold the 
government accountable for violating the 1st Amendment.
> 
> Gee. The teacher could have made this a teachable moment on use of
> vocabulary (I could have sworn that was the assignment) and seeing
> things from the perspective of another to not give offense and holding
> one's temper to not take offense. But there's always an assistant
> principal to make things worse.