11-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Refusing to Recite 'Racist' Pledge of Allegiance

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Is this what freedom looks like in White America?

An 11-year-old boy was arrested at school for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, in addition to being disruptive and refusing to leave his classroom.

See what had happened was… Yahoo Lifestyle has the scoop:

On February 4th, the 11-year-old student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Fla., was asked, along with his classmates, to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, according to Bay News 9. Instead, the boy told his substitute teacher that the American flag is racist against black people.

The teacher recapped everything in a handwritten statement to the district. “Why if it was so bad here he did not go to another place to live,” she reportedly told him, and the boy responded, “They brought me here.”

She said, “Well you can always go back, because I came here from Cuba and the day I feel I’m not welcome here anymore I would find another place to live.” She added, “Then I had to call the office because I did not want to continue dealing with him.”

Shoutout to his substitute teacher for handling that situation completely wrong. Because if you want to dip, more power to you. But never tell a black person—whose ancestors built “the best country in the world” for free.99 —to “go back” as a consequence for addressing equitable treatment. That’s not how this shit works.

The Lakeland Police Department tells Yahoo Lifestyle it cannot release public records on a juvenile misdemeanor arrest. Bay News 9 reports the boy was apprehended by a school resource officer because he wouldn’t follow directions, threatened the teacher with violence, and said the officer and the principal should be fired.

“I’m upset, I’m angry. I’m hurt. More so for my son,” mom Dhakira Talbot told Bay News 9. “My son has never been through anything like this. I feel like this should’ve been handled differently. If any disciplinary action should’ve been taken, it should’ve been with the school. He shouldn’t have been arrested.” The boy told Bay News 9 that he never threatened the teacher.

“I want the charges dropped and I want the school to be held accountable for what happened because it shouldn’t have been handled the way it was handled,” Talbot told the station. She is reportedly working with the non-profit company the Poor and Minority Justice Association.

Of particular note, a public relations specialist for Polk County Public Schools told Yahoo Lifestyle that students aren’t even required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and the substitute teacher in question is no longer welcome at any of their schools. The district handbook explicitly states that kids can opt out “upon written authorization from parent.”

“A student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy was arrested after becoming disruptive and refusing to follow repeated instructions of school staff and law enforcement,” said the specialist. “This incident followed the daily Pledge of Allegiance in the classroom. Unfortunately, a substitute teacher was not aware of this. We are looking into this matter, but this individual will no longer be allowed to substitute at any of our schools. Our HR department will contact Kelly Services (which provides our substitutes) to further refine how our substitutes are trained.”

Meanwhile, his mother is understandably pissed.

“She was wrong. She was way out of place,” Talbot told Bay 9 News. “If she felt like there was an issue with my son not standing for the flag, she should’ve resolved that in a way different manner than she did.”

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The teacher came from Cuba, so I dont get the point of this article and “racist white America”. I mean… damm it, those racist Cubans.

And also, the boy was being disruptive and refusing to leave his classroom. So yes, he was escorted out bc he had a behavioral problem.

On February 4th, the 11-year-old student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Fla., was asked, along with his classmates, to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, according to Bay News 9. Instead, the boy told his substitute teacher that the American flag is racist against black people.

The teacher recapped everything in a handwritten statement to the district. “Why if it was so bad here he did not go to another place to live,” she reportedly told him, and the boy responded, “They brought me here.”

She said, “Well you can always go back, because I came here from Cuba and the day I feel I’m not welcome here anymore I would find another place to live.” She added, “Then I had to call the office because I did not want to continue dealing with him.”

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Don’t you understand that black children are culturally different than children of other races? They are judged by white standards, not by black standards. There’s a difference. Race matters. Culture matters.

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So they should judged based on their skin colors and not the content of their characters? I didnt know that you were a black racist, friendo.

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There is no such thing as a black racist, check your privilege. I don’t want my people forced into having to act like whites because whites don’t like black culture.

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Ah yes let me check my asian privilege. Liberia was set up to be a reparation land for black slaves. Feel free to move there and be as black as you want racially and culturally or whatever ways you want. Please be civil here tho, respects arent entitled to you, but earned.

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There are PLENTY of black racists.

Check your ideology!

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You don’t like blacks so the solution is for us to leave? That’s racist. The new Blaxit or whatever it’s call is the latest con job pushed by black conservatives. These black conservatives and so called “free thinkers” are just regurgitating the same racist right wing idea that’s been repeated over and over since the Nixon administration.

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Thanks for putting words in my mouth, I didnt have breakfast this morning. Pretty sure I said “feel free to move”. You, on the other hands, called for different treatments for blacks bc of their skin. You dont have to be racist agaisnt your kind, you know.

So youre saying that being black means to be “disruptive to others and refusing to leave (a classroom) when asked” ? Conflating negative behaviors to being black is pretty racist, dont you think?

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So people aren’t allowed to have their own thoughts?

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Here is the full Pledge of Allegiance:

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

So lets me get this straight: blacks dont want to recite this because they are anti-American, godless, divisive, and against liberty and justice for all?

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That’s right. Black people need to be respected and heard in all circumstances, especially in circumstances that upset white people. You may call the behavior of this young man disruptive, I call it heroic. He was not backing down on his beliefs. He stood his ground and was arrested for it.

See above. You are twisting words to make black people and culture fit into white society. It doesn’t. Whites need to adapt and respect.

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Oh hun…respect is earned. They don’t deserve respect or admiration when they are being disrespectful, no one does. Check your attitude.

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This is the reason why blacks keep each other down as a community. Ill leave a video of this fake black man explaining it to you

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Why should I respect you if you are being disrespectful yourself? Let me rephrase my last post- respect should be a given for everybody, but you don’t deserve it if you’re being disrespectful.

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By what standard is this “disrespect” judged? Do you find Colin Kaepernick to be disrespectful?

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At least his first name fits the bill. I’ll watch it if I have some time to waste on tap dancing Uncle Tom later.

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Kappanick is a failed athlete turned activist. The NFL is a competitive venue, with may QBs competing to play, He is not entitled to a spot on any team. Next.

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I expect that response from the closet racist you are. How do you sleep at night with such nasty deep hatred in your heart even against your own kin?

The constant racebaiting. If you apply that mental discipline into some other ventures instead of doing the mental gymnastics of inter-sectional victimhood, you would actually become one of these sucessful fake black people youre hating so much.

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Not when you guys come out looking for a fight. I see a strong entitlement complex among your kind. You automatically come looking for a fight with people who have done nothing against you. Dominant personalities, quick to insult/judge, I’m sure I could list more.

When you insult, you’re being disrespectful. When you talk down to people, you’re being disrespectful. This standard is universal, among all cultures, there are standards of respect and thresholds that can be crossed.

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