CBS News: Student Pushing Back After Being Benched For Wearing Hijab

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Mastery Charter School’s sophomore is pushing back after she says a referee forced her to choose between her hijab and her sport during a Philadelphia Public League quarterfinals game on Feb. 16.

“It was outrageous and it didn’t make sense,” said 16-year-old Nasihah Thompson-King. “I was upset.”

At a news conference Friday at the Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus, legislators and community leaders vowed to…

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