Young girl named Bayan Zehlif called "Isis" in her high school yearbook.

[kpete]

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The girl was called "Isis Phillips" in the yearbook but her real name is Bayan Zehlif. (Photo: Twitter)

The girl was called "Isis Phillips" in the yearbook but her real name is Bayan Zehlif. (Photo: Twitter)

Los Angeles: A Muslim student in the US is upset after her hijab-clad photo in her high school yearbook was erroneously labelled "Isis Phillips".

The photo of the girl from Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California, in which she is wearing a head scarf, has been captioned "Isis Phillips", that is not her name.

"I am extremely saddened, disgusted, hurt and embarrassed that the Los Osos High School yearbook was able to get away with this," the girl was quoted as saying by ABC News affiliate KABC-TV.

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[DawgHouse]

1. How did they get away with this?

Obviously somebody approved this nickname or at the very least did a poor job of editing.

It's also too bad that Isis has been turned into an insult. I remember when Isis was cool, anybody else remember a short lived television show about the goddess? She was an archaeologist who could transform into Isis.

[Person 2713]

2. Poor job of editing? How does that go?

IMO it was very intentional and I have seen this done in majority white school areas with other types of minority children . Approved or done by adults at the schools , IMO also probably the case here
although their kids love it too!

[LisaL]

3. Per the school, there was a student named Isis Phillips who transferred somewhere else.

So I guess they were somehow confused.

[Iggo]

4. Stay classy, 909.

San Bernardino Co. is California's own little slice of the Fatherland. Lived there for years. Glad to be gone.

[linuxman]

5. Is there another student there by that name?

If so, I could see how it was a mistake.

[ManiacJoe]

14. yes, there is/was.

[dembotoz]

6. nope i don't think that one will go on the coffee table this year....

mistakes to happen but still

heart has to go out for the real isis phillips
don't imagine she gets a chance to fly much.....

my kid named his dog isis before this terror stuff.
he changed the name of the pooch...still think the dog is confused.....

hope there is an investigation

and not a coverup

[maveric]

7. Thirty five years ago we had a cat named Isis...

She was really coooool!

[lindysalsagal]

9. The faculty advisor who didn't catch this needs to issue a very public apology immediately

and then get re-assigned to another club.

[Igel]

10. The school has 4100 students.

You're saying you expect the advisor to be able to recognize every student in every picture to confirm that there are no errors.

Moreover, if there was a student there with the name "Isis Phillips" that the advisor should be able to do this with a relatively blurry picture.

That, bluntly put, is a standard of perfection and expectations I think any of us would resent being foisted on us by the most authoritarian boss.

It is a strange mistake, however, if it's an example of racism. Now, if they'd labelled her "Isis" + her real last name, I could see trying to interpret it as a slur (because "Isis" can only mean one thing and has ever only meant one thing, at least for this 15 minutes of existence). But replacing her last name, as well?

Or perhaps it's offensive because one possible way of making the goof up is to mangle her first name while there was another student who looked similar at the school (or formerly at the school). And the very idea of mangling an unfamiliar name! Only racists make mistakes like that, intentional mistakes at that (there are no accidental mistakes). BTW, there are "Isis Phillips" in existence. Given the density of outrage copycat articles outraged over the outrage of getting a particular student's name wrong in a way that can be interpreted to be racist against a belief system with adherents with delicate sensitivities, I'm not going to be able to figure out if any is the right age and lived in the right area. Then again, it used to be that those accused had to show such things, but we're long since into the "mere hints of guilt are sufficient to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt" territory. It makes tolerance so much easier to practice.

Or perhaps she assumes that people made the mistake because ... Well, they just didn't know her well enough, and out of 4100 students not knowing this particular student is offensive to that student.

Meh. It's why I'd never want a job like that. I know I make mistakes and don't feel like trying to convince those wallowing in ill-will that they're not intentional. Vita brevis, but ars longa ... with arses everywhere.

[MrsMatt]

12. when my daughter was in 4th grade

her own teacher (class size of 32) failed to realize that my daughter's picture was missing and that of a former classmate (who had moved months ago) was included instead. Rather than actually proofing the pictures, they just counted number of photos.

However, the photo of the class guinea pig made it in.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

11. If there any evidence that this was anything other than an innocent mistake? N.T.

[ManiacJoe]

15. No, no evidence.

This is a candid photo that got misnamed.

The girl's senior class portrait was correctly labeled.

[KamaAina]

13. Muslim student speaks out about yearbook misnaming her 'Isis'

http://abc7.com/1330878/

A Rancho Cucamonga student, mistakenly named "Isis" in her high school yearbook, broke her silence on Monday.

Bayan Zehlif is a junior at Los Osos High School, but according to the yearbook that just went out to about 300 students, her name is "Isis Phillips."...

"For something like that to happen to me, and the name ISIS to be used for me -- knowing what it means for Muslims -- it really hurt," she said.

In a statement, CAIR said, "No student should have to face the humiliation of being associated with a group as reprehensible as ISIS."

[Rex]

16. Sure out of 4100 students, just a mistake...call it a high school prank gone wrong...

Should be an interesting school board meeting.