ATLANTA –  The father of a Muslim middle school student says a teacher asked his daughter if she was carrying a bomb in her backpack.

Abdirizak Aden said the teacher at Shiloh Middle School in Gwinnett County, Georgia, stopped his 13-year-old daughter, who wears a hijab, and asked if she had a bomb.

Aden told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://on-ajc.com/1mfBlHj ) that both he and his daughter were greatly upset by the comment.

Sloan Roach, a Gwinnett County Public Schools spokeswoman, said the teacher's comment was inappropriate and the school's principal has apologized to the family.

She said the comment came as the teacher was telling students to put away their backpacks and school officials don't believe it was made with ill intent.

Kris01 wrote on 12/13/15 at 08:45:38:


Extremely poor taste, and they teach our kids and lack the capacity to understand the importance of glib or flippant humor in such matters?

Kids hate being singled out as different.

I remember a girl in my 6th grade, here in America... her parents didn't allow her to stand at the pledge for some religious reason... Jewish/Morman????... She cried...
Anyway,... as a sign of solidarity, I decided not to stand with her...

3 swats on the a$$ with a wiffled ruler from the principal, straightened me right out.  

I wouldn't worry too much about the muslim school-girl..... I'd worry about the 59 shooting incidents so far this year in US schools/universities.

From a different post/reply (by me)  but seems to fit here as well......

Of course this is an over simplification of many existing problems, but they became bigger problems and have sprouted more problems, because we tried forcing a solution because the repair was not......

SUSTAINABLE with democracy.

Of course tyranny, and socialism, and...... changes the whole dynamics of governing. If we are willing to forfeit some of the freedoms we were granted in our early documents, then we have abrogated those rights to another.

And.......

That is the threshold this country stands upon presently.

This.......

Is what those who designed terrorist activities against the USA and its allies foresaw, and decided to push us to that brink.

Are we willing to surrender our freedom that we say we believe in, or, try and bend it into a new shape that we think will assure us protection?

Laws against second hand smoke and business, owning guns, junk food, or suspecting a person of possible devious motivation based solely on assumptions, is this what the founding fathers imagined?

You decide for yourself......

People, I pose the question, what are you willing to surrender to assure what?

Using a wearing of a hijab, or a religion, is akin to banning guns to stop the killings.
These are only tools, or vessels, that deliver the results their words can't attain. It will not stop the underlining cause of their hate.

Goodness, what you share concerns me. I would love to hear more on what you share and the how and why it's implemented.

Now to what I think is a bigger question re: assimilation.
I think we are a total sum of all that we are....
It sounds convoluted and it is   however, what I am thinking is human RACE must trump ( gee, that might be a poor choice of word bout now ) all other races.
When we see any race, special interest group, etc, trying to promote their beliefs/rights over others, then it needs to be addressed solely on its own distinct merits, as to why?

As bot pointed out earlier, "whites only" was practiced as a means to ensure their place, in society. It was wrong, and no way do we want to endorse, or promote, such mindset, and that goes for whatever side of the coin that lands up....

Rat, if you could share the stuff you referenced, and the context, it was brought to your attention in school, I would be grateful.....

Ok, I am not sure I follow you here.
Is their a distinct charge against some race, religion, or?
Or is this just one of those umbrella policies that hope to make everyone feel included, as in PC will fix it?

raydawg wrote on 12/13/15 at 11:48:58:

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It's PC B.S. (my opinion*). They mandate tolerance, celebration, and appreciation.

*Personally, I could care less, I'm a Business major, all I care about is if you have CASH to spend on products/services at my business.