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[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 222 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[-] sara@lemmy.today 65 points 2 years ago

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

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

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@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[-] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 30 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Rally@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years 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

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

This is infuriating.

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