Weekly News #19

Weekly News #19
Source: BBC News

Muslim teacher Juhel Miah denied entry to US 'not given reason'

A Muslim teacher denied entry to the US whilst on a school trip say's he has still not been told why. Before his plane from Reykjavik, Iceland to New York was about to take off he was escorted away by security staff. Mr Miah was in charge of a group of 8 children at the time and said there was a total of 39 children and 5 teachers on the trip. The teacher from Swansea has a valid visa until 2019 and does not have a criminal record, he said "everyone was looking at me like I had done something wrong"

This story is a representation of racism as the people at the airport escorted Juhel off of his flight just because he is a Muslim, no other explanation can be given as to why he was treated like this, Juhel said that "he would like someone to put their hands up and admit they made a mistake" after he was not given a reason as to why he was escorted off of his flight in February. The way he was treated was awful and the fact that the people won't even admit they made a mistake makes it even worse.

Weekly News #18

Weekly News #18
Source: BBC News

Transgender girl, 11, shot in school with BB gun

A BB gun

The mother of an 11 year old transgender girl has said that schools do not do enough about bullying after her daughter was shot with a BB gun at a school in Manchester. The school have confirmed that the student who fired the BB gun has been permanently excluded but the mother of the girl that was shot has said that her daughter had been attacked and bullied for months leading up the incident. She told the BBC that the girl had told her parents about the bullying in December and the school was informed shortly after but never really done anything to prevent it.

In my opinion the school should of done more after they were first informed about the bullying and it is wrong that it took a big incident for the school to take action. This story shows representation of gender as the girl was being bullied for being transgender, also it represents age as the girl was only 11 and told her parents that she had suicidal thoughts at points during the bullying. Lastly, it is representation of issues, bullying is obviously a massive problem in schools but even though schools claim they take bullying seriously, issues are not always resolved.