---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: laurie ornstein <laurenmadeline@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: My View: Kids have free speech right to be racists outside school (CNN) Hi All, This may be USA-based but with the current racist atmosphere prevailing in Israel, this provides some food for thought. You might use this article as basis for a class discussion. Last month, a few high school students sent out racist tweets about Washington Capitals player Joel Ward after he scored a winning goal against the Boston Bruins in overtime. Responding later in an interview, Ward, who is black, said, “People are going to say what they want to say," and he shrugged off those comments. But the students' high schools sure didn't. Almost immediately after reports of the tweets, the schools began looking into ways of punishing the students for their actions outside the classroom. The schools absolutely should express their discontent with the offensive tweets. But should they punish the students? Do they even have the ability to do so? Not likely. To read the entire article: http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/25/my-view-kids-have-free-speech-right-to-be-racists-outside-school/?hpt=hp_bn5 Laurie ************************************** ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** post to list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** David Lloyd: ETNI founder & manager http://david.greenlloyd.com ***************************************