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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rhian Lubin

8th grader who sat for Pledge of Allegiance told she should ‘go back to your country’ by teacher

An 8th grader who refused to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance says she was told she should “go back to your country” by a teacher.

Danielle Khalaf, 14, a student at East Middle School in Plymouth, Michigan, said that she did not want to stand on January 10 because of “what’s happening in Palestine.”

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