There's a video making the rounds of the internet showing a 14 year old girl beating up another 14 year old girl in the restroom at a local high school. The attacker wanted to vape in a stall in the bathroom that was occupied by the girl who was attacked. She told the attacker that vaping in the bathroom wasn't allowed. At that point, the attack ensued.
Of course, the key detail is that the girl who was attacked is a refugee from Syria. The local chapter of CAIR (council of American Islamic Relations) has denounced this as a hate crime. The idea of two teens fighting in a bathroom automatically being a hate crime seems silly to me. Anyone who went to high school knows that things like this happen more frequently than we would like.
Don't get me wrong. The girl who attacked should be disciplined for what she did. We should not ascribe racist motivations to her though without some strong evidence to support that. She may be a hooligan, but that doesn't make her a racist.
Of course, the key detail is that the girl who was attacked is a refugee from Syria. The local chapter of CAIR (council of American Islamic Relations) has denounced this as a hate crime. The idea of two teens fighting in a bathroom automatically being a hate crime seems silly to me. Anyone who went to high school knows that things like this happen more frequently than we would like.
Don't get me wrong. The girl who attacked should be disciplined for what she did. We should not ascribe racist motivations to her though without some strong evidence to support that. She may be a hooligan, but that doesn't make her a racist.
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