pledge of allegiance
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Teacher Gets Violent With Student Over the Pledge of Allegiance
The 9th grade student and her family are suing the teacher and school district.
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11-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Refusing to Recite 'Racist' Pledge of Allegiance
An 11-year-old boy was arrested at school for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, in addition to being disruptive and refusing to leave his classroom. See what had happened was… Yahoo Lifestyle has the scoop: On February 4th, the 11-year-old student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Fla., was asked, along with his…
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Texas Attorney General Stands With School That Expelled Teen for Refusing to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance
Turns out that the president of the United States, old white men who wear pants with elastic waist bands and rabid NFL fans aren’t the only ones concerned with who stands during the national anthem. In 2017, an African-American high school teen in Texas was expelled because she refused to stand for the Pledge of…
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Colorado Teacher Allegedly Assaults Middle School Student Who Wouldn’t Stand for Pledge
The wypipo continue to lose their damn minds over their vigorous and ridiculous embrace of performative patriotism. And if these current allegations prove to be true, perhaps one will lose her job. According to reports, a Colorado teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave for allegedly assaulting a middle school student who refused to…
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High School Teacher Suspended After Bragging About Failing Students Who Refused to Stand for the Pledge of Allegiance
It’s never too late for your shitty ways to catch up with you, and a Uniondale (N.Y.) High School health teacher is learning that the hard way after being removed from the classroom after bragging on a Facebook post that he had failed two students more than a decade ago partially because they would not…
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2nd Texas Student Sues Her High School Over Treatment After Not Standing for Pledge of Allegiance
In what now has to be a familiar scenario, two African Americans are using the courts to battle injustice in these United States. This time it’s two young black women from the sometimes-not-so-great state of Texas, who are taking their respective schools to court for the right not to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.…
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Clemson University’s Student Vice President Facing Impeachment after Refusing to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance
The vice president of Clemson University’s student government, a black student who recently refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, is now facing an impeachment trial after the university’s student senate held a vote earlier this week and voted to impeach him. Of course, as the Associated Press notes, the university’s spokesman denied that…
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Houston Teen Sues After School Expels Her for Not Standing During Pledge of Allegiance
A 17-year-old Houston student is suing her high school after she was kicked out for not standing for the daily Pledge of Allegiance, indicative of a troubling backlash many African Americans are facing when they choose not to stand for the pledge or national anthem. The New York Daily News reports that India Landry, a…
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Fla. Mom Says 6-Year-Old Son Was Reprimanded for Taking a Knee During Pledge of Allegiance
An outraged Florida mother says that her 6-year-old son was publicly admonished for deciding to take a knee Monday during the recital of the Pledge of Allegiance, and now she is calling into question the way in which the school handled the incident. According to ABC News, Eugenia McDowell’s precocious little boy decided to kneel…