High Schoolers Stage Sit-In After Teacher Says Go Back to Your Country
Students at Chicagos Senn High School staged a sit-in on Wednesday after a teacher allegedly told a Hispanic student to go back your country because she did not stand during the national anthem. NBC News reports that the student, 17-year-old Ysica Salazar, said the incident occurred on Jan. 30 during a Hispanic heritage assembly. Salazar said, she and some other students stayed seated during the national anthem to protest U.S. immigration policies, anti-immigrant rhetoric and police brutality. According to the students, they were explaining the protest to the teacher when…
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