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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday April 09 2017, @06:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-soup-for-you dept.

What is “lunch shaming?” It happens when a child can’t pay a school lunch bill.

In Alabama, a child short on funds was stamped on the arm with “I Need Lunch Money.” In some schools, children are forced to clean cafeteria tables in front of their peers to pay the debt. Other schools require cafeteria workers to take a child’s hot food and throw it in the trash if he doesn’t have the money to pay for it.

In what its supporters say is the first such legislation in the country, New Mexico has outlawed shaming children whose parents are behind on school lunch payments.

Source: The New York Times


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @05:12AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @05:12AM (#491506)

    You are free to starve, citizen.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @06:26PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @06:26PM (#491806)

    but keep paying for the wars or we throw you in debtor's prison

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @08:15PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @08:15PM (#491915)

      i don't pay for their wars. my just war will come when they try to get "their" back taxes. fuck the seditious whores at the irs and their henchmen. they will get theirs.