Student claims teacher called him a terrorist
Posted March 19th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.foxnews.comMaysam 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.”