Dean McGee says he is “fighting a long game” to seek justice for the McGee family after his 16-year-old son was suspended from his North Carolina school for using the word “illegal alien.” There is.”
In April, Christian McGee was suspended from school for three days for asking his teacher whether the word “alien” meant “aliens” or illegal aliens who needed green cards. After a student allegedly threatened to “kick” her for using the word, Christian was referred to the school’s vice principal, who concluded it was a “racially motivated comment intended to disrupt the class.”
In response, the Liberty Justice Center, where McGee works as an education freedom attorney, announced Tuesday that it will file a lawsuit against the Davidson County Board of Education on behalf of the family.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, McGee said the school effectively created racial discrimination even though it did not exist.
McGee said 16-year-old Christian McGee received a “severe punishment” for using the term “illegal alien.” (Photo by Mark Kerrison/Getty Images/Brian A. Jackson/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
North Carolina high school student suspended for using term ‘illegal alien’: Report
“It was the principal and the administrator who elevated this incident to a racial discrimination incident that didn’t exist. The boy who responded to our client said, ‘Wait a minute, I didn’t really get mad. This is not a big deal.’ And the vice principal’s words, these are his own words, describe what he said to our client’s mother, ‘No, sir. , that word is a big deal,” Maggie said.
“In other words, the vice principal was saying to this boy, well, you may not be mad, but you should be,” he added.
Professor McGee also recalled that Christian’s mother, Leah McGee, suggested mediation between the two families and the faculty to discuss the situation rather than impose punishment.
“And the vice principal said no. A severe punishment. A three-day suspension. That was his solution. No empathy, no understanding, just punishing this kid and putting him on his permanent record as a racist.” Just press ,” McGee said. “But the ironic result is a complete lack of empathy for either student, a complete lack of healing, a lack of learning opportunities, a punishment that could harm the future of a 16-year-old boy, and a stigmatization.” If that is not corrected, it will only stigmatize and stigmatize people.” ”
Although the McGee family has faced backlash and threats over Christian’s racist comments, McGee noted that there has also been overwhelming support for the family.
Maggie’s family is demanding an apology from the school and the school board over Christian’s suspension. (St. Petersburg)
“I don’t mean to minimize the harassment and intimidation that my client and her mother have experienced. But there has also been an outpouring of support, and that support simply comes from an intuitive sense of empathy for abused children. “I believe he did so in a malicious manner that had a potential impact on his school and his future,” McGee said.
At Monday night’s Davidson County School Board meeting, public opinion again appeared to be on the side of the McGee family. All but two speakers expressed support for Christian McGee and attacked the school board for failing to address his suspension.
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“You are not helping our students in any way, shape, or form. By the way, crushing student questions is crushing education. I’m appalled, but you still grinned. “I hope you understand,” one speaker said.
McGee’s family is demanding a public apology from the school board for the incident, as well as asking that the suspension be removed from Christian’s record. They are prepared to appeal if the district court does not rule in their favor.
McGee took issue with the fact that it was the school, not the students, who thought there was something wrong with the term “illegal alien.” (St. Petersburg)
“Our organization has appealed in the past and won in the Supreme Court, and we’re happy to do it here if necessary. We’re going to work with this family for the long term,” McGee said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to members of the Davidson County School Board for comment.
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