High school student utters the phrase ‘illegal alien.’ Hours later, assistant principal suspends him: ‘Racially insensitive’

A North Carolina high school student was suspended last week because he dared utter the phrase “illegal alien” in class.

Last week, Central Davidson High School student Christian McGhee asked his English teacher an otherwise innocuous question about a vocabulary assignment that included the word “alien.”

“Like space aliens or illegal aliens without green cards?” McGhee asked.

The question allegedly prompted a fellow classmate to threaten McGhee because he felt offended by the question, according to the Carolina Journal, which caused the teacher to phone the assistant principal. School administration then decided to suspend McGhee for three days.

The violation? McGhee made a “racially insensitive comment” that allegedly violated school policies, according to a school document.

— (@)

However, McGhee told the Carolina Journal that he

Continue reading