The seventh grader allegedly asked the teacher to change seats and was told, “I do not negotiate with terrorists,” according to the civil rights group CAIR
The alleged incident took place Jan. 16 at Central Dauphin Middle School in Harrisburg after the student asked the teacher to change seats, according to a news release from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil rights group.“I do not negotiate with terrorists,” the teacher allegedly told the student, according to CAIR, which described the student as Palestinian Lebanese American.
The Central Dauphin School District said it was aware of the allegations that the teacher “made a derogatory comment” to the student during an after-school program at the middle school. Rahman said this is not the first time his family has experienced “red flags” in the school district, but that this was the “tipping point.”Rahman called for more education on geopolitics in the district so that students can “learn more about different backgrounds, especially in the Middle East.”
In a statement, the Harrisburg Palestine Coalition said the teacher's alleged"deeply embedded racism" may partially stem from"exposure to misinformation and war propaganda by mainstream news coverage of Palestine."
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