Last week, a high school student in North Carolina was suspended from school for daring to say the word “illegal alien” during class.
Last week, Central Davidson High School student Christian McGee asked his English teacher an innocuous question about a vocabulary assignment that included the word “alien.”
“Like aliens or illegal aliens without green cards?” McGee asked.
This question is said to have prompted a classmate to threaten McGee. Maggie was offended by the question, so According to the Carolina Journal, so the teacher called the vice principal. School authorities then decided to suspend Maggie for three days.
violation? School documents say McGee made “racially insensitive comments” that violate school policy.
However, McGee told the Carolina Journal that his comments were not directed at anyone in particular.
The student said, “I wasn’t directing my remarks at anyone. I was just asking a question.” “I wasn’t talking about Hispanics. Everyone from other countries needs a green card, and the word ‘illegal alien’ is something I don’t hear on the news or even see in the dictionary. Because it’s an actual word.
McGee’s mother, Leah, Speaking on “The Pete Culliner Show” The problem was first resolved when the vice principal pulled Christian and his classmates into the hallway. Lear said classmates told administrators that fighting Christians was “a joke,” and the students were expelled. However, after lunch, the vice principal allegedly approached the student and threatened Christian, asking him if he really believed the question was not a racial remark.
After that meeting, Christian was called to the office and suspended.
Christian’s parents then met with the vice principal to challenge the suspension. They explained that the phrase “illegal alien” appears in dictionaries, federal law, and numerous media outlets. However, their efforts failed.
“If this was handled properly in the classroom, it could have been an easy teaching moment for everyone,” Leah McGee said.
The family has since hired an attorney to deal with what they believe is an overreaction to something trivial.
“The label of racism is so strong in today’s world that we don’t feel like we have to face this huge problem alone,” the mother explained.
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