An American teen suspended for using the term ‘illegal alien’ in class has finally received justice after his school was forced to apologize and pay out a massive $20,000 settlement.
The year-long free speech saga came to an end after a North Carolina district school board agreed to wipe the suspension off the record of Christian McGhee, who was a 16-year-old when his case was first thrust into the national spotlight by President Donald Trump.
The then-sophomore at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, a suburb north of Charlotte, asked his English teacher whether she was referring to ‘space aliens or illegal aliens who need green cards’ during a vocabulary lesson on April 9, 2024.
He was suspended from school for three days for ‘making a racially insensitive remark that caused a class disturbance,’ according to the lawsuit filed by his parents.
Under the settlement, the school will be required to make a virtual apology to McGhee for the punishment. If the settlement is approved by the court, both parties have agreed not to record or publicly discuss the confidential apology.
‘Because Christian is a minor, a court hearing is required before the settlement can become final,’ Dean McGee, (no relation) who represents the family and serves as Senior Counsel for Educational Freedom at the Liberty Justice Center, told DailyMail.com.
‘We’ll have more to say after that hearing, but we’re pleased to take this important step toward clearing our client’s name.’
The update marks the potential end of a long battle that started when Christian asked his teacher for a clarification on what she meant by ‘aliens,’ prompting a Hispanic classmate to reply that he was going to ‘kick his a**.’
The moment then escalated when both students were called down to the office of Assistant Principal Eric Anderson.
Anderson was accused of telling Christian that his words were a ‘big deal’ and that the other student should be offended, according to the lawsuit filed by the family’s attorneys at the Liberty Justice Center.
The lawsuit also alleged that Anderson told Christian it would’ve been more respectful to use the label of ‘those people’ who ‘need a green card,’ rather than use the term ‘aliens.’
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