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Advocacy Group Alleges Ann Arbor School Counselor Made Discriminatory Remark Against Muslim Student
When the student, who is Muslim, inquired, the counselor allegedly said "I don't negotiate with terrorists," according to the complaint.
December 19, 2023
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - An advocacy group announced it filed a complaint against Ann Arbor Public Schools, alleging that a school counselor made a discriminatory remark against a Muslim student.
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The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) filed the complaint with the Office of Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Education. Officials claimed that a counselor at Tappan Middle School referred to the eighth-grade student as a "terrorist."
The complaint alleges that on Nov. 14, the student was waiting to speak with his guidance counselor when he asked the sixth-grade counselor if he get a drink of water, to which the employee told him he could not.
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