Texas high school teaches Nazi oppression by making students wear red arm bands, treated like Jewish prisoners

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

(NaturalNews) A former student at Perryton High School in Perryton, Texas, has filed a lawsuit against the school's district for injuries he allegedly suffered during a teacher-mandated reenactment of the Holocaust. According to the suit, Andrew Yara, now 19, suffered a partially dislocated hip, dehydration, and a series of seizures after being forced to carry around several heavy student on his back as part of the bizarre education experiment.

For a number of years now, Perryton High School has observed a two-day remembrance of the Holocaust known as "Red Ribbon Day," during which time students taking a world history class are taught the grim details of this sobering scourge on human history. But part of this educational experience includes dividing students up into groups of "Nazis" and "Jews," and forcing the "Jews" to withstand numerous forms of abuse from the "Nazis."

"(The Jews) must do everything school faculty or other students tell them to, including picking up other students' trash, being taken outside and sprayed with water hoses, bear-crawling across the hot track, carrying other students' books, and even carrying other students," says the complaint. "[A]ny student who did not do everything they were told were [sic] receive a failing grade.

Yara, who was one of the "Jews" forced to wear a red ribbon, subsequently became injured after a student who allegedly weighed nearly double Yara's own weight jumped on Yara's back and asked Yara to carry him around in between a class period. Yara says he was forced to carry three different students around during this passing period, and at one point had two students jump on his back at the same time.

When the second student jumped on Yara's back, Yara allegedly fell backwards and sustained numerous injuries to his body that sent "shocking, burning" pain down both of his legs from his pelvis. Yara says he suffered continued pain throughout the day in his lower back and legs, and later had to undergo expensive medical treatment. He also later passed out at work and had to be rushed to the emergency room.

Yara and his parents say the school showed "deliberate indifference" to Yara's constitutional rights throughout "Red Ribbon Week," and they are seeking damages for violations of Yara's right to bodily integrity under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. They also cited Yara's right to be free from excessive force under the Fourth Amendment as part of the suit, which is also asking the school district to cover the costs associated with Yara's medical bills.

You can read the full details of the lawsuit here:
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/05/17/redribbon.pdf

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http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/05/17/46593.htm

http://lubbockonline.com

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Student Says Holocaust Lesson Went Too Far

By DAVID LEE

AMARILLO, Texas (CN) - A teenager says in Federal Court that he was seriously injured when he was required to role-play as a Jew while taking orders from students in the role of Nazis during an educational exercise about the Holocaust.

Andrew Yara, 19, of Ochiltree County, said the Perryton Independent School District tradition is known as Red Ribbon Day.

Students who wore red ribbons played the role of Jews who had to comply with the demands of students who did not wear red ribbons, who played the role of Nazis, according to the federal complaint.

"[Red ribbon students] must do everything school faculty or other students tell them to, including picking up other students' trash, being taken outside and sprayed with water hoses, bear-crawling across the hot track, carrying other students' books, and even carrying other students," the complaint states. "Engaging in this exercise was compulsory, with it constituting 60% of a major test grade for students in their World History Class, and any student who did not do everything they were told were receive a failing grade."

Yara said he was forced to carry three different students to class during the span of one passing period, resulting in severe back injuries that required several medical procedures.

One student who demanded Yara carry him was 170 pounds, while Yara weighed 100 pounds at the time. Another classmate later jumped onto Yara's back while he was still carrying the other student, resulting in a "shocking, burning" pain to shoot down both of Yara's legs from his pelvis, according to the complaint.

In the following weeks, Yara was allegedly taken to the emergency room after passing out at work at United Supermarket. He also claims to have suffered seizure-like symptoms at church.

The school showed "deliberate indifference" to Yara's constitutional right to human dignity by "subjecting him to a process that was designed to expose him to unwarranted shame, indignity, and virtually certain injury," the complaint states. "That this was supposed to be an educational experience does not excuse the cruelty, inhumanity, or injury that occurred," according to the lawsuit.

Yara seeks damages for violations of his right to bodily integrity under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment, and his right to be free from excessive force under the Fourth Amendment.

He is represented by Greg White in Waco.

Perryton is approximately 120 miles northeast of Amarillo.

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Suit: Ex-Perryton student injured while role-playing Jew in Holocaust learning exercise

The exercise consisted of 60 percent of a major test grade in the class, requiring students to obey physical demands from students playing Nazis.

Posted: May 15, 2012 - 8:56pm | Updated: May 16, 2012 - 12:50am

By BOBBY CERVANTES

MORRIS NEWS SERVICE

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A former Perryton High School student has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the district alleging he was forced to take orders from his classmates in a role-playing exercise that pitted Nazis against Jews.

The Perryton Independent School District violated Andrew Yara’s “bodily integrity” and “stripped him of his ability to defend himself” during the school’s May 2010 Red Ribbon Day, which was meant to teach students about the Holocaust.

Yara is now 19.

Students who wore red ribbons played Jews who had to obey physical demands from students without red ribbons, who played Nazis, the suit said.

“(The Jews) must do everything school faculty or other students tell them to, including picking up other students’ trash, being taken outside and sprayed with water hoses, bear-crawling across the hot track, carrying other students’ books, and even carrying other students,” the complaint said.

The exercise consisted of 60 percent of a major test grade in the class, “and any student who did not do everything they were told were receive a failing grade,” the suit, filed Monday, said.

On one occasion, a 170-pound student, who played a Nazi, told Yara, who weighed 100 pounds, to carry him to class on his back.

With his classmate on his back, Yara fell backward when another student jumped on Yara’s back, the suit said.

“As (Yara) was getting back up, (one student) jumped on his back again, causing a ‘shocking, burning pain’ to shoot down both of Andrew’s legs and from his pelvis,” the civil suit said. “Throughout the remainder of the day, Andrew felt a pain from his lower back down through his legs.”

In the following months, Yara suffered from a series of medical conditions outlined in the lawsuit. Yara’s doctor said he had a partially dislocated hip, he passed out from dehydration at work and had seizure-like activity while at a Pampa church, the suit alleges.

In the suit, Yara and his parents are asking the district to pay for medical expenses, mental anguish and attorneys’ fees.

Perryton ISD Superintendent Robert C. Hall was not immediately available.

Comment by DTOM on May 23, 2012 at 9:55am: I'm still waiting for the explanation as to why a 21st Century Stanford prison experiment is being conducted in a high school, that has no educational merit, whatsoever.

This is only exemplified by the fact that students are threatened with a failing grade if they do not act in compliance.

My response to this would have been to inform the teaching staff conducting this abhorrance, that I could equally demonstrate various techniques of resistance against tyrants that were undertaken by the people in occupied europe.

I wonder how many of the 'nazis' in this debacle, go onto careers in 'law enforcement'.

Comment by Less Prone on May 23, 2012 at 9:20am: Indoctrination.

What about changing the name tags from "Jew" to "Palestinian"?

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Texas high school teaches Nazi oppression by making students wear red arm bands, treated like Jewish prisoners

Texas high school teaches Nazi oppression by making students wear red arm bands, treated like Jewish prisoners

Student Says Holocaust Lesson Went Too Far

Suit: Ex-Perryton student injured while role-playing Jew in Holocaust learning exercise

The exercise consisted of 60 percent of a major test grade in the class, requiring students to obey physical demands from students playing Nazis.

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