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Posted March 19th, 2008 by minortopics | Permalink

Student claims teacher called him a terrorist

Maysam Amanishourbariki, an Iranian-American teenager, is threatening to sue his Highland Park, Illinois high school over claims that his Italian language teacher told Amanishourbariki that he fit the “stereotype of a terrorist”.

“Everyone started to laugh,” Amanishourbariki told the Waukegan News-Sun. “I just sat there. I was confused. I didn’t know what to do. I was angry and upset.”

Amanishourbariki, who goes by “Amani,” will graduate this June from Highland Park High School. He has three older brothers who attended the same school.

The teacher, who apologized to Amani, urged him to pull down his hoodie and take off his hat that he wore to school after a new haircut.

“Right after she said it, one of the students — a freshman — got up and gave her a high five,” Amani told the Waukegan News-Sun. “I was like, ‘Is this kid serious?’ They treated it like a joke, but it’s not a joke.”


Information from: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3388...



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  1. Jack
    Mar 20th, 2008
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    This kid came into a class room with a hoodie pulled up and a hat on. I notice that it does not indicate what the kid did or said when the teacher told him to pull the hoodie down and take the hat off. Did this kid show the teacher respect? Funny how kids can be disrespectful to the teachers and the teachers can’t sue the kid but if the kid doesn’t like what is said to him - here comes the lawyer. The article said the kid was scared - no he was probably mad because the freshman gave the teacher a high five - the kid couldn’t do any thing so he and his family are lashing out. Pitiful

  2. annetteAvatar
    Apr 6th, 2008
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    OK, I also know this student and his family. Many facts of this case have not been made public so don’t judge yet.
    I agree with previous blogs, if Maysam had said the teacher looked like a terrorist- and then high fived a student, he would have been suspended.
    Perhaps the teacher was cajoling him into taking off his hoodie by making a inappropriate joke, but then, when the entire class erupted in laughter, she high fived a student! What does the high five mean? Yeah- this is a good joke? Let’s all laugh at how funny this is! This “joke” was at Maysam’s expense.
    What has not been said is the teacher never apologized to Maysam until approximately 2 weeks later when his parents called the school to say how outraged they were.
    By the way, this incident occured the second week of January. 3 months ago. Have the parents actually filed a lawsuit? No- hmmmmmmmmm………
    Perhaps they would just like the courtesy of an actual apology from the school and the teacher and maybe this messy situation would be finished.

    To help people put this in perspective:
    Scenario: Suppose you were one of the few black students in Westchester, Connecticut. Your teacher tells you to take off the kerchief you wear on your head ( which by the way, is not against school rules to wear). She then says to take it off because you look like Aunt Jemima. The class starts laughing, and the teacher laughs and high fives a student.
    Do you think your black parents would be upset?

  3. The Viking
    Apr 9th, 2008
    [3] | Flag |

    Yeah because Aunt Jemima flew a couple of planes into building killing thousands of people.
    Good analogy.

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