Honda hails diversity, clock kid
Oct 22, 2015 17:56:19 #
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AHMED MOHAMED, right, who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to a Texas school, stands outside the U.S. Capitol with Rep. Mike Honda.
U.S. Rep. Mike Honda said outside the Capitol on Tuesday morning that he is proud Silicon Valley has reached out to the 14-year-old Texas student arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school.
Ahmed Mohamed joined Honda after visiting the White House on Monday for an astronomy event, talking briefly with President Obama about Mars.
In the weeks since the students arrest, he has been invited to visit or intern at some of the countrys largest tech companies, including several in Hondas district.
In Silicon Valley, we know we are made stronger by the diversity of our workforce and we believe in the promise of religious freedom, said Honda (D-San Jose).
Honda and 26 House members authored a letter to U.S. Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch on Sept. 23 asking the Justice Department to review the circumstances of Ahmeds arrest and detention. Eight California Democrats were among those who signed the letter.
In mid-September, Ahmed brought a homemade clock to his Irving, Texas, high school to show his engineering teacher. An English teacher heard the project beeping and called police.
Muslim and civil rights groups have called the incident racial profiling and say the boy wasnt allowed to have his parents present during questioning, contrary to Texas law.
Police officials have said Ahmeds religion and ethnicity he is Muslim and his father emigrated from Sudan did not play a role in his arrest. No charges were filed.
Ahmed no longer attends the school.
Ahmed said he is glad he was arrested. The incident should be a reminder, he said, that you always judge a person on their heart, not what they look like.
Honda said there shouldnt be room for how Ahmed was treated.
We have to ask the difficult questions. Would the same scenario have played out if a child with another name had brought this clock to school instead of an Ahmed Mohamed? he said.
Honda spent his early childhood in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. He said America should have learned by now about not punishing people based on race or ethnicity.
It was wrong then, and its wrong now, Honda said. sarah.wire@latimes.com Twitter: @sarahdwire
This is part of an occasional series about Californians in Congress.
CHIP SOMODEVILLA Getty Images
AHMED MOHAMED, right, who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to a Texas school, stands outside the U.S. Capitol with Rep. Mike Honda.
U.S. Rep. Mike Honda said outside the Capitol on Tuesday morning that he is proud Silicon Valley has reached out to the 14-year-old Texas student arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school.
Ahmed Mohamed joined Honda after visiting the White House on Monday for an astronomy event, talking briefly with President Obama about Mars.
In the weeks since the students arrest, he has been invited to visit or intern at some of the countrys largest tech companies, including several in Hondas district.
In Silicon Valley, we know we are made stronger by the diversity of our workforce and we believe in the promise of religious freedom, said Honda (D-San Jose).
Honda and 26 House members authored a letter to U.S. Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch on Sept. 23 asking the Justice Department to review the circumstances of Ahmeds arrest and detention. Eight California Democrats were among those who signed the letter.
In mid-September, Ahmed brought a homemade clock to his Irving, Texas, high school to show his engineering teacher. An English teacher heard the project beeping and called police.
Muslim and civil rights groups have called the incident racial profiling and say the boy wasnt allowed to have his parents present during questioning, contrary to Texas law.
Police officials have said Ahmeds religion and ethnicity he is Muslim and his father emigrated from Sudan did not play a role in his arrest. No charges were filed.
Ahmed no longer attends the school.
Ahmed said he is glad he was arrested. The incident should be a reminder, he said, that you always judge a person on their heart, not what they look like.
Honda said there shouldnt be room for how Ahmed was treated.
We have to ask the difficult questions. Would the same scenario have played out if a child with another name had brought this clock to school instead of an Ahmed Mohamed? he said.
Honda spent his early childhood in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. He said America should have learned by now about not punishing people based on race or ethnicity.
It was wrong then, and its wrong now, Honda said. sarah.wire@latimes.com Twitter: @sarahdwire
This is part of an occasional series about Californians in Congress.
Oct 22, 2015 18:13:37 #
KHH1 wrote:
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One question. Was the kid who ate his pop tart into a shape of a gun a muslim? The answer is no. It had nothing to do with this kid being muslim, and everything to do with a bunch of nut jobs in our schools.
Oct 22, 2015 20:03:14 #
Navysnipe wrote:
One question. Was the kid who ate his pop tart into a shape of a gun a muslim? The answer is no. It had nothing to do with this kid being muslim, and everything to do with a bunch of nut jobs in our schools.
No the kid with the help of his father and probably CAIR set the school up. He took apart a clock, made it look like a bomb and waited for the results. Look at all he has received by doing a bs project. Yet made a celebrity; let's see how many more do the same.
Oct 22, 2015 20:10:37 #
KHH<1
More posters are asking if you are Muslim. I have yet to hear your answer. Are you ashamed or afraid to answer truthfully?
WAITING!!!!!!
More posters are asking if you are Muslim. I have yet to hear your answer. Are you ashamed or afraid to answer truthfully?
WAITING!!!!!!
Oct 22, 2015 20:13:06 #
ghostgotcha wrote:
KHH<1
More posters are asking if you are Muslim. I have yet to hear your answer. Are you ashamed or afraid to answer truthfully?
WAITING!!!!!!
More posters are asking if you are Muslim. I have yet to hear your answer. Are you ashamed or afraid to answer truthfully?
WAITING!!!!!!
pretty clever...psychology....too bad I see through it....
Oct 22, 2015 20:34:33 #
KHH1 wrote:
pretty clever...psychology....too bad I see through it....
You still don't answer a very straight forward question.
Oct 22, 2015 20:39:32 #
AL gouhti wrote:
You still don't answer a very straight forward question.
I know huh? especially when someone wants to use the shame card...I'm wary of answering questions..look how ao tried to use what I disclosed about myself........
Oct 22, 2015 21:25:20 #
KHH1 wrote:
I know huh? especially when someone wants to use the shame card...I'm wary of answering questions..look how ao tried to use what I disclosed about myself........
So you are Muslim. Thanks for being truthful for a change.
Oct 22, 2015 21:28:47 #
Kuntusdim-witticus wrote:
I won't answer the question because I'm too embarrassed to admit that the Muslims wouldn't let me join cause I'm a homo.
Face it Spooky, you're the worst kind of an infidel.................................PUNK!!!
Oct 22, 2015 21:39:32 #
ghostgotcha wrote:
So you are Muslim. Thanks for being truthful for a change.
If you knew that then why in the phuck did you ask? man that is really stupid..
Oct 22, 2015 21:40:04 #
Wolf counselor wrote:
Face it Spooky, you're the worst kind of an infidel.................................PUNK!!!
the name is KHH1 you impotent crackah.........
Oct 23, 2015 02:14:42 #
KHH1 wrote:
the name is KHH1 you impotent crackah.........
Right. The K stands for Kuntus.
Oct 23, 2015 02:42:10 #
Wolf counselor wrote:
Right. The K stands for Kuntus.
oooh Lois...someone is wearing their ovaries on the outside (Stuey)...you're Lois.
Oct 24, 2015 00:40:56 #
When will people stop saying he made that clock all he did ,if it was him was to take apart a working clock and reassembled it in another case. I don't get why the hopla about this usless like one poster was saing to set up the school.
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