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| Keywords: CAPAC Chair Decries Prejudiced Arrest of 14 Year Old Muslim Boy.jpg CAPAC Chair Decries Prejudiced Arrest of 14 Year Old Muslim Boy Sep 16 2015 Issues Civil Rights WASHINGTON DC “ On Monday September 14 Ahmed Mohamed 14 was arrested and suspended from his school in Irving Texas for bringing a clock that he built himself into school According to reports teachers and police accused Mohamed of instead making a bomb Mohamed is currently serving a three-day suspension Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus CAPAC Chair Rep Chu CA-27 released the following statement Ahmed and his talents have become victims of a culture of suspicion that we must extinguish We must be better than to treat school children as terrorists Ahmed ™s suspension should be lifted he should be brought back to school where he belongs and his teachers and principal must apologize Our future is bleak if we allow prejudice to become more important than the education of our children When we speak of supporting our next generation that means all children regardless of your skin color or what religion you practice This incident is an extremely disturbing and inappropriate response to an innocent act -- a creative kid who built his own clock and brought it to school Ahmed demonstrated the kind of ambition creativity and intelligence we strive to see in all of our students But faculty and administrators at MacArthur High School criminalized his actions because of the blatant racism and profiling of an American Muslim high school student Now because of these racist and mistrustful responses from authority figures students like Ahmed may be too afraid to engage and further express their creativity at school This right here is where racial profiling and Islamophobic rhetoric lead us What a tragedy The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus CAPAC is comprised of Members of Congress of Asian and Pacific Islander descent and Members who have a strong dedication to promoting the well-being of the Asian American and Pacific Islander AAPI community Currently chaired by Congresswoman Judy Chu CAPAC has been addressing the needs of the AAPI community in all areas of American life since it was founded in 1994 https //capac-chu house gov/press-release/capac-chair-decries-prejudiced-arrest-14-year-old-muslim-boy house gov archived at https //web archive org/web/20150921193607/https //capac-chu house gov/press-release/capac-chair-decries-prejudiced-arrest-14-year-old-muslim-boy Internet Archive 2015-09-16 Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus CAPAC PD-US-Gov <br />Index gallery page at Ahmed Mohamed student Ahmed Mohamed clock incident PD-USGov | ||||
