Wilson / Jackson-Reed Teacher saying slurs

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Anonymous wrote:This teacher has been verbally abused all year by the student and when the student called the teacher the n word, he denied it. He did not say you are a n**
I don’t understand how people on here are saying the teacher is in the wrong in some way.

He could have said - "I will not use the word that you used - it is horrible that you are using it outside this class - but especially horrible to use it in this class. The other words you have used are horrible and destructive. Leave the classroom now."

+1 a mature response.

When my kid first said "f%&" to me, I didn't yell back "We do not say f^&*!" I said "do not use that word with me."

You are very out of touch with the rights that teachers have and don't have if you think it's that easy for a teacher to kick a kid out of his classroom.

I don't know what this means. My kid had some bad behavior in middle school and was kicked of class more than once for it. There weren't any cuss words or racial slurs, but there was talking back to the teacher and refusal to follow directions. The teacher made my kid leave. I had no problem with my kid being kicked out either. And there were more consequences at home. My friend works in a DCPS elementary school as a social worker; kids get kicked out and are sent to friends' office on a daily basis.

You think this kid would have just walked out and complied with the teacher's instructions? You are out of your mind.

Nope, and that's not what the person I responded to was saying, unless I misunderstood. And my kid didn't just walk out either, he had to be escorted out.

If the teacher had sent a student to the office to get an escort for this kid to have them leave the classroom, it would have escalated the situation further. Additionally, the kid likely would have been returned to the classroom several minutes later as this would absolutely not get you suspended at J-R.

But the White teacher using the N word in front of a class of teenagers wouldn't escalate the situation?

How would he escalate the problem by denying that he was a n****?

The kid wanted to get a rise out of the teacher. He was successful in that endeavor. The teacher took the bait. That is what makes this a notable event to the other children.

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Anonymous wrote:The teacher denied that he was a n**. He did not call the kid that. Why should he not use the word to deny what he was called?

So some people on here are saying that no white person should say the word no matter what the context is, such as in this situation, but anybody black can say it whenever they want, in whatever context they want to whoever they want……..Got it.

Nobody said that. Nobody has said that it was an appropriate thing for the child to say.

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Anonymous wrote:The teacher denied that he was a n**. He did not call the kid that. Why should he not use the word to deny what he was called?

So some people on here are saying that no white person should say the word no matter what the context is, such as in this situation, but anybody black can say it whenever they want, in whatever context they want to whoever they want……..Got it.

Nobody said that. Nobody has said that it was an appropriate thing for the child to say.

It's what she has to pretend the argument is in order to make her argument that sometimes white people get to say the n word.

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Don’t worry. This teacher will leave and go to another district. Meanwhile every one at JR will be stuck with another vacancy and hope the school fills it before January 2023.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid showed me the video. I’m disgusted by that students behavior. I’m sympathetic to the teacher but I do believe he was wrong for saying the word. if my kid ever acted that way his father would cave his chest in (not literally, just expressing the seriousness). - Black women wirh 2 sons, one who goes to this school. I’m embarrassed by that students behavior.

How was he wrong for saying it? The kid said “You’re an n-word.” He replied “I’m not an n-word.”

Because White people should never say that word. Ever. It does not matter the context.

This is a ridiculous take. 99.8% of the time that word should not come out of a white person’s mouth. But this teacher did nothing wrong here. And that student is a POS.

So like, your .2% of the time is when a child says it to get an adult riled up, the adult can then say it?

My .2% includes this bullshit situation and a white person explaining to their own kid that they can never say the word.

What a fun take. "The n word is always wrong, unless a kid uses it while making me mad."

It’s ridiculous that you think that a teacher CALLED A SLUR by a student was wrong to respond “I am not” that specific slur. Would the teacher also be wrong if he responded “I am not a f*g” or is he allowed to say that? Listen to how hypocritical you are.

The entire dialogue just underscores why a Black kid would hurl that epithet at a White teacher.

This is why teachers are leaving in droves. They are tired of being expected to put up with this garbage.

Another odd argument that no one is making.

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Anonymous wrote:The teacher denied that he was a n**. He did not call the kid that. Why should he not use the word to deny what he was called?

So some people on here are saying that no white person should say the word no matter what the context is, such as in this situation, but anybody black can say it whenever they want, in whatever context they want to whoever they want……..Got it.

Nobody said that. Nobody has said that it was an appropriate thing for the child to say.

It's what she has to pretend the argument is in order to make her argument that sometimes white people get to say the n word.

you act like white people are looking for a chance to use it as a racial slur? that’s not what I see. the point is that while discretion is important, discussing thr word qua word should not be a cancellable offence. there was nothing wrong with how this teacher used it.

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Anonymous wrote:The teacher denied that he was a n**. He did not call the kid that. Why should he not use the word to deny what he was called?

So some people on here are saying that no white person should say the word no matter what the context is, such as in this situation, but anybody black can say it whenever they want, in whatever context they want to whoever they want……..Got it.

Nobody said that. Nobody has said that it was an appropriate thing for the child to say.

It's what she has to pretend the argument is in order to make her argument that sometimes white people get to say the n word.

you act like white people are looking for a chance to use it as a racial slur? that’s not what I see. the point is that while discretion is important, discussing thr word qua word should not be a cancellable offence. there was nothing wrong with how this teacher used it.

Are we pretending that the teacher was discussing the word as a word? Are we pretending that the teacher is being "canceled"?

We're just here saying "no, there's no need to ever say the word." Look at this thread, where we're able to have a civil discussion about it without ever using it.

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Anonymous wrote:The teacher denied that he was a n**. He did not call the kid that. Why should he not use the word to deny what he was called?

So some people on here are saying that no white person should say the word no matter what the context is, such as in this situation, but anybody black can say it whenever they want, in whatever context they want to whoever they want……..Got it.

Nobody said that. Nobody has said that it was an appropriate thing for the child to say.

It's what she has to pretend the argument is in order to make her argument that sometimes white people get to say the n word.

you act like white people are looking for a chance to use it as a racial slur? that’s not what I see. the point is that while discretion is important, discussing thr word qua word should not be a cancellable offence. there was nothing wrong with how this teacher used it.

Are we pretending that the teacher was discussing the word as a word? Are we pretending that the teacher is being "canceled"?

We're just here saying "no, there's no need to ever say the word." Look at this thread, where we're able to have a civil discussion about it without ever using it.

I hope he’s not cancelled.
He wasn’t discussing the word - he was rejecting the slur when it was made *about him*. Even more defensible.

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Anonymous wrote:The teacher denied that he was a n**. He did not call the kid that. Why should he not use the word to deny what he was called?

So some people on here are saying that no white person should say the word no matter what the context is, such as in this situation, but anybody black can say it whenever they want, in whatever context they want to whoever they want……..Got it.

Nobody said that. Nobody has said that it was an appropriate thing for the child to say.

It's what she has to pretend the argument is in order to make her argument that sometimes white people get to say the n word.

you act like white people are looking for a chance to use it as a racial slur? that’s not what I see. the point is that while discretion is important, discussing thr word qua word should not be a cancellable offence. there was nothing wrong with how this teacher used it.

Nobody has said that. You can discuss the usage of the word, debate who should and should not use the word, deny being the word, but in doing so a White person should not actually say the word. Nobody wants the teacher canceled.

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Anonymous wrote:The teacher denied that he was a n**. He did not call the kid that. Why should he not use the word to deny what he was called?

So some people on here are saying that no white person should say the word no matter what the context is, such as in this situation, but anybody black can say it whenever they want, in whatever context they want to whoever they want……..Got it.

Nobody said that. Nobody has said that it was an appropriate thing for the child to say.

It's what she has to pretend the argument is in order to make her argument that sometimes white people get to say the n word.

you act like white people are looking for a chance to use it as a racial slur? that’s not what I see. the point is that while discretion is important, discussing thr word qua word should not be a cancellable offence. there was nothing wrong with how this teacher used it.

Nobody has said that. You can discuss the usage of the word, debate who should and should not use the word, deny being the word, but in doing so a White person should not actually say the word. Nobody wants the teacher canceled.

But that is what will happen. He has no support and he will leave because of it. It’s as good as being cancelled.

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Does DCUM really think it is acceptable for white people to say the N word under ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. And also think that its ok to police black usage of a word that WHITE PEOPLE created to dehumanize them. Y’all are weird. Really really odd people. I thought this was DC not the Deep South. But I guess white parents arent afraid to send their students to integrated schools in the Deep South.

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Anonymous wrote:Does DCUM really think it is acceptable for white people to say the N word under ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. And also think that its ok to police black usage of a word that WHITE PEOPLE created to dehumanize them. Y’all are weird. Really really odd people. I thought this was DC not the Deep South. But I guess white parents arent afraid to send their students to integrated schools in the Deep South.

I don’t think it is okay for *anyone* — white or black — to use the word. If black people insist on using the word as a term of connection, so be it.

But, yes, a Black person using the term to in hostility to a white person is worse than the white person saying it in rejection. The idea that the teacher crossed a hard red line guy the student is entitled to hurl the provocative insult is absurd.

And all this is tangential that a teenager behaved horribly, and this teacher was faced with the kind of abuse that no teacher should have to deal with but that many do.

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Anonymous wrote:Does DCUM really think it is acceptable for white people to say the N word under ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. And also think that its ok to police black usage of a word that WHITE PEOPLE created to dehumanize them. Y’all are weird. Really really odd people. I thought this was DC not the Deep South. But I guess white parents arent afraid to send their students to integrated schools in the Deep South.

I don’t think it is okay for *anyone* — white or black — to use the word. If black people insist on using the word as a term of connection, so be it.

But, yes, a Black person using the term to in hostility to a white person is worse than the white person saying it in rejection. The idea that the teacher crossed a hard red line guy the student is entitled to hurl the provocative insult is absurd.

And all this is tangential that a teenager behaved horribly, and this teacher was faced with the kind of abuse that no teacher should have to deal with but that many do.

If you are not black, your opinion on how the word is used in insignificant.

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Anonymous wrote:The teacher denied that he was a n**. He did not call the kid that. Why should he not use the word to deny what he was called?

So some people on here are saying that no white person should say the word no matter what the context is, such as in this situation, but anybody black can say it whenever they want, in whatever context they want to whoever they want……..Got it.

Nobody said that. Nobody has said that it was an appropriate thing for the child to say.

It's what she has to pretend the argument is in order to make her argument that sometimes white people get to say the n word.

you act like white people are looking for a chance to use it as a racial slur? that’s not what I see. the point is that while discretion is important, discussing thr word qua word should not be a cancellable offence. there was nothing wrong with how this teacher used it.

Nobody has said that. You can discuss the usage of the word, debate who should and should not use the word, deny being the word, but in doing so a White person should not actually say the word. Nobody wants the teacher canceled.

But that is what will happen. He has no support and he will leave because of it. It’s as good as being cancelled.

What exactly do you think is going to happen? Like, what is the chain of events in your mind?

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Anonymous wrote:The teacher denied that he was a n**. He did not call the kid that. Why should he not use the word to deny what he was called?

So some people on here are saying that no white person should say the word no matter what the context is, such as in this situation, but anybody black can say it whenever they want, in whatever context they want to whoever they want……..Got it.

Nobody said that. Nobody has said that it was an appropriate thing for the child to say.

It's what she has to pretend the argument is in order to make her argument that sometimes white people get to say the n word.

you act like white people are looking for a chance to use it as a racial slur? that’s not what I see. the point is that while discretion is important, discussing thr word qua word should not be a cancellable offence. there was nothing wrong with how this teacher used it.

Nobody has said that. You can discuss the usage of the word, debate who should and should not use the word, deny being the word, but in doing so a White person should not actually say the word. Nobody wants the teacher canceled.

But that is what will happen. He has no support and he will leave because of it. It’s as good as being cancelled.

I guess you can chalk that up to another reason White people should not say the word.