A staff member at an Ontario school has been placed on home assignment after video of what the board is calling “harmful and discriminatory” language directed at a student wearing a keffiyeh surfaced online.
The incident, which took place at Iroquois Ridge High School in Oakville, Ont., happened on April 26 in the school’s office.
“I want you to be careful so you don’t get judged by that,” the staff member is heard saying to the student. “I said that. Did you not hear that?”“That’s the only part you heard?” the staff member responds. “I didn’t call you a terrorist. I said it reminds me of…” When the student asks the staff member if his garment reminds her of Hamas, the group Canada has labelled as a terrorist group since 2002, she says “yes.
In a statement to CTV News Toronto, the HDSB said: “Iroquois Ridge HS, along with all schools in the Halton District School Board , strongly condemns this behaviour and are committed to upholding the Human Rights Code.” The black-and-white checkered scarf made headlines at Queen’s Park earlier this month after House Speaker Ted Arnott announced a ban on the garment, saying it had become akin to a political statement in recent months.
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