Teacher suspended for withdrawing rec. letter of student who displayed swasitka

[Ravenshire]

Without knowing the intent behind the kid making the swastika (the article was pretty thin on this point), I have no way of telling if the punishment is deserved or not. If it was a Nazi swastika and the comments he made were anti-Semitic or pro Nazi, then definitely, pound the message home that bigotry isn't acceptable. It's not like Nazis ever had exclusive use of that symbol though.

The swastika (also known outside the Indian subcontinent as the Hakenkreuz, gammadion cross, cross cramponnée, croix gammée, fylfot, or tetraskelion) (as a character 卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious symbol originating from the Indian subcontinent, that generally takes the form of an equilateral cross with four legs each bent at 90 degrees.[1][2] It is considered to be a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism and dates back at least 11,000 years.[3]

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