[lg policy] NEW YORK, NY - JULY 3: A new U.S. citizen holds a flag to his chest during the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the New York Public Library, July 3, 2018 in New York City. 200 immigrants from 50 countries became citizens during the ceremony, one day before America's Independence Day. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) RSS PUBLISHED TO Marissa Higgins Daily Kos Social Support the Dream Defenders Barriers and Bridges Protest Music Street Prophets Subversive Agitation Team Action Network Daily Kos Liberation League trending TAGS Americanflag Arrest Education Florida Pledge PledgeOfAllegiance Racism Recommended School Teachers sixthgrade LawtonChilesMiddleAcademy Share this article At Lawton Chiles Middle Academy, located in Lakeland, Florida, an 11-year-old boy was arrested after refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at his school. He is in the sixth grade. The reported back-and-forth between the child and teacher (a substitute) is pretty wild. The re
Harold Schiffman
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Harold F. Schiffman
Professor Emeritus of
Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone: (215) 898-7475
Fax: (215) 573-2138
Email: haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/
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