9 Yr-Old Suspended for ‘Hate Crime’ (He used the ‘B’ word.) – UPDATED

No, not THAT “b” word! He used the term “brown people.” (Collective Gasp!!)

Thanks to FHK secret agent appleann1 for finding this for us. According to AZCentral-Channel 12 News:

…The circumstances of the boy’s suspension itself raise troubling questions about student discipline, interrogation and oversight at Abraham Lincoln.

According to school officials, the boy made a statement about “brown people” to another elementary student with whom he was having a conflict. They maintain it was his second offense using the phrase.

But the tape recording indicates this only came out after another parent was allowed to question the boy and elicited from him the statement that he “doesn’t cooperate with brown people.”

After that was reported to the boy’s teacher, he was made to stand in front of his class and publicly confess what he’d said….

Ok, just a few observations:

• He’s NINE!
• Someone please tell me what the politically-correct term is to use in this situation, because I’ve lost track* – no, on second thought, I don’t care.
• If we were talking about an actual “crime” here, what alledgedly happened would have constituted entrapment, as pointed out by AZCentral later in the article.
• What, exactly was he supposed to learn from this debacle, except to be very afraid of “brown people,” even though I suspect he doesn’t even really know what means, yet – I know I don’t.
• He’s NINE!!!

 

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Updated: Michelle Malkin has obtained the AISC official list of “Forbidden Words”. “Brown people” isn’t yet on the list, but probably will be soon, judging from what happened in Arizona. Included on the list are:

• Indian
• Holy Roller
• Girl
• Buck
• Monkey
• Caught Red Handed

and my favorite:

• Guinnea Pig (Who is that supposed to offend? guinnea pigs? guinnea’s? pigs?)

No wonder liberals lack communication skills – half the words in the English language are off-limits!

There’s a lot more. To see the list, click here. To read Michelle’s article, click here.