HS track athlete's mom is worried he won't get a track scholarship as he used word "illegal alien" in class

He better be really fast. Coach's tolerance level is directly tied to the athlete's talent level.

i don't remember being asked about HS discipline for college applications. i do remember basic criminal questions, "have you ever been convicted of a felony" type stuff. he hasn't been.

also your disciplinary record is usually buried in some file someplace, not public record, and not attached to your transcript.

mom and their attorney, in trying to be clever and add some sports career "hook" to the basic, sufficient word police dispute, have actually ensured what they claimed to want to avoid. they have publicized what would have sat in a dusty file, and put on the searchable internet what would not have been known.

i get the point, i don't see this comment as a slur. it's not PC but it's fairly objective language most would use. but to be clear, sometimes they fib and they said other things that were the slur. often enough with the news these days, we find out key facts were omitted to prop up a political or legal narrative. maybe, maybe not here. and you can be a free speech martyr about this, but airing this out only creates further problems down the line. he applies to some college that doesn't like the language, either. this debate isn't being resolved in the next x years before college.

they will spend thousands wrestling with the public ISD over his rights. if you have that money and don't like the speech treatment, just transfer private for the fall. save your legal fees.

Never mind. I just saw his times. He's not losing anything. You can't lose something you never had.

This poor kid wouldn't be competitive in a 9-10yo race and his parents are worried about athletic scholarships? Maybe worry about teaching a kid that actions have consequences and that not everything you don't like is "woke" or the "man keeping you down."

Why post this thread if you’re so concerned about the kid’s name? And then why trash on his track times? This is immature trolling by rojo.

You are such a tool.

FAFO

Yes, only post the name of the minor if it includes every single detail of their sexual assault.

I love it when you try to act like a tough guy.

the area in general you look at what wins varsity meets and it wouldn't make a JV podium where i grew up. like 11.7 100m, 55 quarter, 46 300H, 5-flat mile, 19-something LJ. where i grew up it'd take more to win a single-A meet in the smallest towns at schools with 200 kids from 6-12.

strange. you should have some good kids by almost talent/accident.

The link you gave goes to a page that's been removed. Here's another source and link explaining the meaning of the term "alien" in the US federal code:

8 USC 1101: Definitions

Text contains those laws in effect on April 16, 2024

From Title 8-ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

(3) The term "alien" means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.

8 USC 1324: Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

Text contains those laws in effect on April 16, 2024

The nomenclature used by the US government has changed over time, though.

For example, an act passed by the US Congress in 1996 uses the term "illegal immigration" to describe the phenomenon, but the people who are in the US without legal right to be in the country are called "unauthorized aliens."

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), enacted on September 30, 1996, added a new 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(3)(A) which makes it an offense for any person, during any 12-month period, to knowingly hire at least 10 individuals with actual knowledge that these individuals are unauthorized aliens.

"Unauthorized alien" is the term used in other relevant parts of US Code at present:

Title 8, U.S.C. § 1324(a) defines several distinct offenses related to aliens. Subsection 1324(a)(1)(i)-(v) prohibits alien smuggling, domestic transportation of unauthorized aliens, concealing or harboring unauthorized aliens, encouraging or inducing unauthorized aliens to enter the United States, and engaging in a conspiracy or aiding and abetting any of the preceding acts.

Definitely more context is needed to fully understand the story; it's not just that the kid
"uses the term illegal alien in a HS class". These types of stories are rarely as simple as presented secondhand...shades of grey are often presented as black or white. In any situation, it is always easy and perhaps normal for the majority to not understand why something that only affects the minority needs to be taken into account.

With that said, why not just tell the kid what the school's preferred term is and explain why that's the preferred term. The school overreacted; the mom overreacted and that incident alone will probably have no effect on his scholarship opportunities.

😂😂

Yikes. It is an official government term. Poor kid! That is harsh.

Isn’t that everyone’s assumption when you read these stories? The right snowflakes always stop reading before you get to the point of why a kid is actually getting punished.

unfortunate situation.

Why is this even here Rojo? You're just trolling for clicks at this point, and it gets old. This used to be a great site, back in the day.

MODS: doubtful you'll post this, but we'll see.

Yes, that is the story, according to the suspended high school student and his mommy, which right wing media is off and running with. Perhaps we should wait to hear the other side of the story before we blame the woke police? Nahhh, that would be journalism.

Woke police? What do you call the cowards who delete any post about how well the economy is doing under Biden? You should be ashamed of yourself.