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A straight-A student received a C in cooking class, prompting her father to file a federal lawsuit. He alleges that the white teacher discriminated against his black daughter. He seeks to have the grade changed to an A and requests financial damages.
Virginia Brown is a ninth-grader at Ashley High School with perfect attendance and a history of all A's. Her father said she was heartbroken by the C grade. "She cried the whole weekend," he said. "She wouldn't come out of her room. Her eyes were red and puffy. My little girl hasn't been this upset since her cat got run over by a car when she was 6."
Virginia is a model student: class president, member of the swim, volleyball, and track teams, the chess club, the Girl Scouts, and her church choir.
The home economics teacher, 28-year-old Jessica Smith, in her first year of teaching, denied any discrimination. "Some of my best friends are African-Americans," she said. "This isn't a black and white problem. Everybody in America wants to sue everybody else. I'm going to sue them for defamation of character."
The school principal, who grew up in India, fully supported Ms. Smith. He stated Virginia would have no trouble getting into top universities even with a C in cooking. "She won't have any difficulty finding a great university, but she might have problems finding a husband," he joked. "She'd better look for a man who likes to eat out a lot."
中文翻译
一名全优生在烹饪课上得了一个C，这促使她的父亲提起了联邦诉讼。他宣称，这位白人老师歧视了他的黑人女儿。他要求将成绩改为A，并索求经济赔偿。
弗吉尼亚·布朗是阿什利高中的一名九年级学生，出勤率完美，历来成绩全A。她的父亲说她因为这个C成绩心都碎了。"她哭了一整个周末，"他说，"她不肯走出房间，眼睛又红又肿。我的小女儿自从6岁时她的猫被车轧死后，就没这么难过过。"
弗吉尼亚是一名模范学生：她是班长，是游泳队、排球队和田径队的成员，还参加了国际象棋俱乐部、女童子军以及教堂唱诗班。
家政课老师是28岁的杰西卡·史密斯，这是她执教的第一年。她否认存在任何歧视。"我的一些最好的朋友是非裔美国人，"她说，"这不是一个黑白种族问题。在美国，每个人都想起诉别人。我要以诽谤人格起诉他们。"
在印度长大的校长完全支持史密斯女士。他表示，即使烹饪课得了C，弗吉尼亚进入顶尖大学也毫无问题。"她找一所好大学不会有任何困难，但找丈夫可能有点问题，"他开玩笑说，"她最好找一个喜欢经常下馆子的男人。"