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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKids Fight Back Against Racist School and Police By Bringing Clocks To School
http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/09/kids-irving-high-school-support-ahmed-mohamed/#Since his arrest, students tweeted a school-wide plan to bring clocks to school today and tell the teachers it was in solidarity with their classmate.
Some students said they would leave the clocks at the doorway of the principal who called the police on Ahmed.
MacArthur High School principal Daniel Cummings is still standing by the decision to racially profile the 14-year-old freshman, saying in a letter to parents: While we do not have any threats to our school community, we want you to be aware that the Irving Police Department responded to a suspicious-looking item on campus yesterday. Please rest assured that we will always take necessary steps to keep our school as safe as possible.
underpants
(182,789 posts)WDIM
(1,662 posts)They should all get some Flavor Flav clocks and wear them.
underpants
(182,789 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Surprise, surprise, surprise.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/ahmed-mohamed-beth-van-duyne-sharia
erronis
(15,241 posts)I know when you breed dogs to have slender faces they become dumber than shit. This is not PC and I realize that the blonde wig is about as un-dyed as tRumps so I'm not casting aspersions in that direction.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)admit any wrong on their part.
Fucking racist punks
And I dont care if one of the cops arresting the kid was Black...
malaise
(268,976 posts)Bravo kids
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)achieved with social media once upon a time.
malaise
(268,976 posts)fistbump:
gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)Force their bigotry out in the open so decent people can see what it really looks like, and be disgusted.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)fucking idiot.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... and how this generation is going to tear down the hate that is building it!
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)20 something year old cops and teachers. They learned from us.
People mistakenly suggest we can breed ourselves out of our problems. At the same time we teach the kids to be just like we are. Remember all the good groups that stood against evil over the decades?
There is just as much hate now as there ever was,maybe more, because our young are keeping it as alive as we ever did.
The earth is likely to burn up before it changes, unless we grow up and decide to fix the adults first, instead of just picking on people that are too small to defend themselves. So we are probably dead.
But perhaps I am too optimistic.
lastlib
(23,224 posts)five minutes to High Noon........
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...totally tone deaf. Same for the Police Chief and Mayor.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)smiley
(1,432 posts)then why wasn't the school evacuated? I call bullshit.
Good for those kids!
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)the suspicious-looking item was a 14 year old Muslin. I'm not surprise the school is racist give the Mayor of the town has openly suggested Sharia law is threatening their community.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)I hear they have fundamentalists down there that fear time.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)This seems somewhat appropriate:
dembotoz
(16,802 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)guessing deep down, they won't.
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)referring to is the clock or Ahmed.
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)that gives me some hope.
mcar
(42,307 posts)I have high hopes for this generation.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)The principal is an asshole.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)ElodaAnne
(5 posts)The most inspiring post made today. Interesting how students 'get it,' understand about bigotry and repression. If only our Congress were as progressive as these kids. They certainly deserve kudos and also pass out some medals. They will become leaders some day who we can count on to do the right things and make clear decisions for everyone.
niyad
(113,284 posts)Thespian2
(2,741 posts)be examined by a neurosurgeon and a 5-year-old...for intellectual content...
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)He's a twofer!
Thespian2
(2,741 posts)Thanks!
stage left
(2,962 posts)you get it.