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 push back against the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association policy they say allowed this to happen...
