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High School Student Suspended for Saying ‘Illegal Alien’ in Class

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High School Student Suspended for Saying ‘Illegal Alien’ in Class

by Sandra Rhodes
April 16, 2024 at 6:10 pm
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A North Carolina high school student has been suspended from school for saying “illegal alien” in class.

Christian McGhee, a student at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina, was suspended for three days after asking a teacher to clarify an assignment, according to Newsweek.

Leah McGhee, Christian’s mother, said the teacher told the students in her English class to use the word “alien” in an assignment, per the Carolina Journal.

That’s when , 16, asked “like space aliens or illegal aliens without green cards?”

According to an email obtained by the Carolina Journal, a classmate took offense to Christian’s question and wanted to fight. The school’s administrators ruled the words were “offensive and disrespectful to classmates who are Hispanic,” per the outlet.

“I didn’t make a statement directed towards anyone; I asked a question,” said Christian. “I wasn’t speaking of Hispanics because everyone from other countries needs green cards, and the term ‘illegal alien’ is an actual term that I hear on the news and can find in the dictionary.”

Christian’s mother has spoken out about the incident.

“Because of his question, our son was disciplined and given THREE days OUT of school suspension for ‘racism,'” Leah McGhee said in an email, according to the Carolina Journal. “He is devastated and concerned that the racism label on his school record will harm his future goal of receiving a track scholarship. We are concerned that he will fall behind in his classes due to being absent for three consecutive days.”

She also said the family is seeking the guidance of an attorney. She said the family wants to safeguard Christian’s future.

A staff member wrote an email to Newsweek stating, “Please know that Davidson County Schools administrators take all discipline incidents seriously and investigate each one thoroughly. Any violation of the code of conduct is handled appropriately by administrators.”

Many have shown their support for Christian.

This is Christian. He’s a 16-year-old student in @CDHSSPARTANS.

He was suspended for 3 days after using the term “illegal alien” in an English assignment because it’s “offensive” and “disrespectful.” Now his record could be damaged.

Please support this based student by helping… pic.twitter.com/kz9GGtKmI4

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 16, 2024

NEW: North Carolina high school student Christian McGhee was suspended from school for saying "illegal alien" in the classroom.

Calling an illegal alien and illegal alien is not offensive, it's just a fact.

McGhee was suspended for three days after doing an assignment in… pic.twitter.com/TUPX0sRmtg

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 16, 2024

This is absurd

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 16, 2024

He used a proper term. Good on him. America is behind this kid! ❤️🤍💙

— Julio Murillo (@JEM_el_tarasco) April 16, 2024

We are at the point when students can’t even ask a question about language in an English class. The fact that a teacher even “reported” this goes against every principle teachers used to have. Shame on the teacher.

— Orwell’s Handmaid ✝️🇺🇸❤️ (@orwellshandmaid) April 16, 2024

Why is a student being punished for using factually correct terminology?

— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) April 16, 2024
Tags: Christian McGheeIllegal AlienLeah McGheeNorth CarolinaSuspensionU.S. News
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Sandra Rhodes

Sandra Rhodes

IJR, Contributor Writer She was a Story Editor for Indpendent Journal Review since November 2022 and has written for IJR since February 2024. She has been in the newspaper business in various capacities since 1998.

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