WTH: Teacher asks 13yo Muslim Student If They Have A Bomb

[orangeblossom]

What where they thinking, and then the BS excuse from the school, about it not being meant that way.  How else could it be meant.


www.cbsnews.com/news/teacher-asks-13-year-old-muslim-student-if-she-has-a-bomb/


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



The school's principal has apologized for the incident, according to a spokeswoman.



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




Aden told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that his daughter was extremely upset by the comment and he went to the school to see what had happened.



"I was upset," said Aden, who works as a truck driver and grocery store owner. "I was going to take my daughter out (of that school)."



"We are from Africa, we are Muslims, we live in America," he said. "I didn't teach my children to hate people or to think they are better than other people."



Sloan Roach, a Gwinnett County Public Schools spokeswoman, told the newspaper that the school's principal has apologized to the family.



"The remark was not appropriate, but based on their conversation and investigation," school officials don't believe it was made with "ill intent," Roach said.



She said the comment came as the teacher was urging students to put away their backpacks.



The incident "shows the level of Islamophobia impacting people's relationships with one another," Yusof Burke, board president of the Georgia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the newspaper.

[sushi]

How does "put away your backpacks" turn into a bomb question?!

[orangeblossom]

Dec 13, 2015 10:49:36 GMT -5 sushi said:

How does "put away your backpacks" turn into a bomb question?!

This.  I'm like, did they really just say that.  Do they realize how simple they look, when they offer that up as an explanation for the simple teacher asking such a dumb question.

[taratru]

Why is the principal apologizing?! Fucking shitty teachers giving the good ones a bad rap.

[mrsukyankee]

Unless you are asking every single child is they are packing a bomb, you are a fucking racist asking a fucking racist question.

[meshaliuknits]

We as a country seem to be working really hard to turn "all muslims hate America" into a self fulfilling prophecy.

[redwino]

It's sad that I'm not surprised a teacher said this. Ive seen some horribly hateful educators. That poor child.

[Aquatica]

"The remark was not appropriate, but based on their conversation and investigation," school officials don't believe it was made with "ill intent"...

Asking a 13 year old if she has a bomb in her backpack for no reason other than she is Muslim is "ill intent" to me. If this was done in the middle of class, this teacher is teaching other students that it's OK to profile.

[orangeblossom]

Dec 13, 2015 15:22:47 GMT -5 Aquatica said:

"The remark was not appropriate, but based on their conversation and investigation," school officials don't believe it was made with "ill intent"...

Asking a 13 year old if she has a bomb in her backpack for no reason other than she is Muslim is "ill intent" to me. If this was done in the middle of class, this teacher is teaching other students that it's OK to profile.

This?

What other intent is there? How is this not ill intent? What position could actually come fr asking this question?

[YeahSure]

Not much, but a little more detail here: Muslim student upset after Gwinnett teacher asks if she has a bomb

7:31 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 | Filed in: Lifestyle



The parent of an eighth-grade Muslim student at Shiloh Middle School in Gwinnett County is angry after an incident in which a teacher asked his daughter if she was carrying a bomb in her backpack.



Abdirizak Aden, who was born in Somalia, said that on Monday, his 13-year-old daughter, who wears the hijab, was in class when a teacher stopped her and asked what she had in her bookbag.



During an interview Friday night, his daughter , who isn’t being identified because of her age, said she remained silent. The unidentified teacher responded by asking her if she had a bomb in her bag.


She said the teacher called her out into the hallway. The teacher said she knew her joke went too far, especially because of “the things happening in the world right now,” said the daughter.



“It was very disrespectful,” the teen said. ” I came there to learn… At the end of the day I will still get my A or B and leave her class.”



“My daughter wanted to know why she was asking her that,” he said. He said his daughter was upset when she texted him to tell him about the incident. He went to the school to see what happened and was told that it was a mistake.



Gwinnett teacher asks Muslim student if she has a bomb photo

Abdirizak Aden holds his daughter’s bookbag. A teacher asked his 13-year-old daughter if it contained a bomb. SHELIA POOLE

“I was upset,” said Aden, who lives in Snellville and works as a truck driver and grocery store owner. “I was going to take my daughter out (of that school). “



“We are from Africa, we are Muslims, we live in America,” he said. “I didn’t teach my children to hate people or to think they are better than other people. I don’t want nobody to treat them like that.”



Sloan Roach, spokeswoman, for Gwinnett County Public Schools, confirmed the incident happened.


“The remark was not appropriate, but based on their conversation and investigation,” school officials don’t believe it was made with “ill intent,” Roach said.



She said it was a regular teacher, not a substitute, who made the remark. The teacher was trying to get the students to put away their backpacks quickly and made the remark to the student that was basically, what do you have in there, a bomb?



The school’s principal, Eli Welch III, conducted an investigation and spoke with the teacher and the parent.



Roach said the principal has followed up with the family and apologized. School officials are also continuing to talk to and work with that teacher.



As for the family, both father and daughter say they forgive the teacher, although they would like to see more sensitivity training.



The incident follows heightened anti-Muslim rhetoric across the nation following the attack in California at a holiday party in which 14 people died. Donald Trump, who is seeking the GOP nomination for president, has also talked about a ban on Muslims entering the United States.



The incident “shows the level of Islamophobia impacting people’s relationships with one another,” said Yusof Burke, board president of the Georgia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “Obviously a teacher and a student should have a unique kind of relationship…It’s very disturbing to see.”

[Aquatica]

Dec 13, 2015 15:26:37 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Dec 13, 2015 15:22:47 GMT -5 Aquatica said:

Asking a 13 year old if she has a bomb in her backpack for no reason other than she is Muslim is "ill intent" to me. If this was done in the middle of class, this teacher is teaching other students that it's OK to profile.

This?

What other intent is there? How is this not ill intent? What position could actually come fr asking this question?

To me, it feels like the school officials are trying to blow smoke and cover their asses by trying to modify intent. There is no modifying it, either it was done intentionally or not.

The teacher singled out this student, it was done intentionally. The school officials need to own it, and so does the teacher.

[iammalcolmx]

Atlanta peeps, raise your hand if you are shocked.

[sushi]

So it's exactly as I thought. What do you have in there, a bomb? Just a joke in pure taste, nothing to see here.

What are you eating, there, watermelon?

[sfy]

She handled herself really well. I think most 13 year olds would have just burst into tears (rightfully so). Poor kid .

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Dec 13, 2015 18:54:31 GMT -5 sushi said:

So it's exactly as I thought. What do you have in there, a bomb? Just a joke in pure taste, nothing to see here.

What are you eating, there, watermelon?

I am positive he also would have said this to Susie with blue eyes & blonde hair too. Of course.

[frlcb]

Dec 13, 2015 18:47:21 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Atlanta peeps, raise your hand if you are shocked.

I am less shocked that it is in Gwinnett. Although truthfully Dekalb wouldn't either. Or Cobb. Or Forysth. Okay, nowhere would surprise me. 

[sushi]

Dec 13, 2015 21:41:53 GMT -5 @hannymaren said:

Dec 13, 2015 18:54:31 GMT -5 sushi said:

So it's exactly as I thought. What do you have in there, a bomb? Just a joke in pure taste, nothing to see here.

What are you eating, there, watermelon?

I am positive he also would have said this to Susie with blue eyes & blonde hair too. Of course.

I'm actually a Susie with blond hair and hazel eyes. I'm pretty sure I could get away with just about anything.

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Dec 13, 2015 22:37:24 GMT -5 sushi said:

Dec 13, 2015 21:41:53 GMT -5 @hannymaren said:

I am positive he also would have said this to Susie with blue eyes & blonde hair too. Of course.

I'm actually a Susie with blond hair and hazel eyes. I'm pretty sure I could get away with just about anything.

Went to see Maz Jobrani (comedian). He told a story about being on a plane. Blonde young woman freaking out with anxiety. Yelling 'I can't be here. I have to get off'. So they let her off at the last minute and immediately start taxi -ing down the runway. Guy says 'um, what if she has luggage?' Thinking this could be a huge plan to leave her bomb on board. The comedian jokes, I think I will try that next time I am on a plane. See what happens. I don't think they will just open the door and let me off.

[iammalcolmx]

Dec 14, 2015 5:53:19 GMT -5 @hannymaren said:

Dec 13, 2015 22:37:24 GMT -5 sushi said:

I'm actually a Susie with blond hair and hazel eyes. I'm pretty sure I could get away with just about anything.

Went to see Maz Jobrani (comedian). He told a story about being on a plane. Blonde young woman freaking out with anxiety. Yelling 'I can't be here. I have to get off'. So they let her off at the last minute and immediately start taxi -ing down the runway. Guy says 'um, what if she has luggage?' Thinking this could be a huge plan to leave her bomb on board. The comedian jokes, I think I will try that next time I am on a plane. See what happens. I don't think they will just open the door and let me off.

OMG I LOVE HIM!!! We went to see him with H's BFF's( they are Persian) and I had a great time. The guy who was before him was Half Persian as well.

ETA: Uhhhh that airline better have removed her bags. We did bag math for everyone when I worked at the airport 15 years ago.

[iammalcolmx]

Dec 13, 2015 21:51:44 GMT -5 frlcb said:

Dec 13, 2015 18:47:21 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Atlanta peeps, raise your hand if you are shocked.

I am less shocked that it is in Gwinnett. Although truthfully Dekalb wouldn't either. Or Cobb. Or Forysth. Okay, nowhere would surprise me. 

What South-side County was pissed that kids were learning about religions and had homework asking about Islam?