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US High School Student Loses Scholarship Over Social Media Twerking Video (www.ndtv.com)

submitted 9 months ago by TheOneWithTheHair to c/nottheonion

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[–] [email protected] 223 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/07/louisiana-student-punished-by-school-for-dancing-at-private-party

was seen dancing at a private homecoming afterparty on 30 September, behind a friend who was twerking.

she wasn’t even the one twerking

[–] [email protected] 64 points 9 months ago (3 children)

For fucks sake. I hope her family calls the ACLU.

[–] Chunk 62 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seems like the easiest way to get into a really good school would be to sue, whip up a media frenzy, and frame it through a feminist lens. Write an essay about overcoming adversity by standing up for what is right, no matter the cost.

BOOM easy admissions.

[–] kautau 23 points 9 months ago

Yeah if the school tried to honor what the principal is doing that will be a PR nightmare for them. Honor the scholarship, admit her, do what’s right

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I’d get the dance team members in on it for vaguely impugning their reputations, because when asked why nothing happened to them, the answer more or less had the implied subtext “that’s fine for them because we expect them to act like hoes, but you’re our hood ornament and should behave better.”

edit: in case anyone is unclear on my position regarding twerking

[–] kautau 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I agree. She’s literally getting punished for having fun with her friends at a dance party. And her friends should get the same restitution because they were also, having fun. God forbid this incredibly intelligent girl go on to be anything but an avenue for childbirth, or her friends don’t follow the same path

[–] joystick -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It sounds like a religious private school, so good luck.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Its Walker High School, a public school.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_High_School_(Walker,_Louisiana)

"They basically told me that I should be ashamed of myself," Timonet told a local news outlet. "That I wasn't basically following God's ideals, which made me cry even more."

The principal inserted their religion into their job at a public school.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well that sounds like a damn easy win for a court case.

[–] Rally 29 points 9 months ago

It's crazy. She lost benefits over something somebody else did. I can't make sense of it. The dogma and brining faith and religious righteousness into everything is out on hand and needs to stop

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

This is infuriating.