EXCLUSIVE — The 16-year-old boy who was accused of racism for asking about “illegal aliens” in his school was forced to leave his family’s home due to concerns regarding online threats.
Leah McGhee, a mother from North Carolina, says her son Christian was suspended from Central Davidson High School on April 9 when he asked his English teacher for clarification on the word “alien,” during which he used the term “illegal alien.” Since then, the family has received multiple threats online, prompting McGhee and her husband to remove their son from the school.
“He is staying with our family 45 minutes away, and he is enrolled in a homeschool there, which he is excelling at,” McGhee told the Washington Examiner. “So yes, he is unable to live with us, which devastates me as a mother. I miss my child like you could not even imagine.”
McGhee added that her son greatly misses his friends and his old school and that he was wrongly punished and put “in danger” due to how the school administrators “would not take accountability to the fact they were wrong.” She also said administrators have missed an opportunity to teach students to correct themselves and take accountability when they are in the wrong.
In the wake of her son being accused of racism, McGhee said she and her family have received an outpouring of support from former President Donald Trump, who wrote a letter of recommendation for her son.
Trump had also invited the family to his rally in North Carolina, though McGhee clarified that they were unable to meet Trump himself, as the event was canceled due to storms.
Other major politicians who have backed the McGhee family include North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and state Sen. Carl Ford.
The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of Christian McGhee against the Davidson County Board of Education on Tuesday over his suspension. The nonprofit litigation center is perhaps best known for representing Mark Janus in Janus v. AFSCME, in which the Supreme Court ruled that non-union government workers could not be required to pay union fees as a condition of working in public service.
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The lawsuit regarding McGhee’s son was filed against Davidson County Schools in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina on Tuesday.
The Washington Examiner has contacted Davidson County Schools for comment.
