What’s going on at Wootton?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm fully in support of sanctioning principals who think they can break the rules (such as ignoring mandatory training policies).

But I'm not sure the current set of policies are effective. I told my (AA) husband about the incident and he was really annoyed.

He said that he had two (AA) friends as a kid. Some troublemakers ran up to both of them separately and taunted them with the N word. One friend started chasing the troublemakers, threatening them, etc. And the other just repeated the word back to them calmly. From that point, the trouble makers kept harassing the first friend and basically just ignored the second. They were looking for response and got it from one but not the other.

I don't know how to reconcile this with our current situation. I certainly can't support a decision to not penalize troublemakers and not support those who were targeted. But it seems like it needs to be done matter-of-factly and consistently. But without the emotion that we've been displaying recently.

No one was targeted.

A black student printed out the word 1000 times on a printer and 2 staff found it. Didn’t notify the principal for 2 days.

A black student wrote the n word on a desk and another student eventually found it and reported it to the teacher who took a picture. Notified the principal the next day.

Both situations were then sent out via letter by the principal the day after he found out.

The principal was targeted by bad faith protestors.

The Wootton BSU are bad faith protesters? Do you hear yourself?

It's more polite than saying they wre ignorant and not very smart.

And you have now revealed that Wootton parents are not above attacking and insulting children. Stay classy, Wootton parents.

[Anonymous]

Black people to not go around calling themselves the “N word”. If any of you believe that then you obviously don’t have any REAL relationships with anyone from the Black community.

Educate yourselves and stop repeating nonsense.

- signed a Wootton Cluster Black Parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Black people to not go around calling themselves the “N word”. If any of you believe that then you obviously don’t have any REAL relationships with anyone from the Black community.

Educate yourselves and stop repeating nonsense.

- signed a Wootton Cluster Black Parent

I have definitely heard blacks guys other other black guys the N-word (hard-R) as an insult. Homeless black gut at my local dollar store was screaming it a black guy with his family after the gentleman ignored the homeless guy.

I have also heard it in school as a teacher when one kid is trying to insult the other black kid.

[Anonymous]

Again, as a Black person, it is absolutely not an acceptable term in our community. Please stop trying to make it so. Use this as an opportunity to educate yourselves and your own communities. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, as a Black person, it is absolutely not an acceptable term in our community. Please stop trying to make it so. Use this as an opportunity to educate yourselves and your own communities. Thanks.

DP. The music that kids (of all races) listen to is full of that term, so it's not a surprise that they're using it too, unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

Wootton is a great school. Nelson is a great principal. WP calling Wootton a racist school is an overreaction without basic diligence. MCPS putting Nelson on leave is a sacrifice of Asian for the sake of other minorities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Again, as a Black person, it is absolutely not an acceptable term in our community. Please stop trying to make it so. Use this as an opportunity to educate yourselves and your own communities. Thanks.

DP. The music that kids (of all races) listen to is full of that term, so it's not a surprise that they're using it too, unfortunately.

That is not the “N word” in these songs you mention. Both are demeaning, inappropriate, and racist.

It’s like saying that girls call themselves the “b word” so my son can call his girlfriend that word too. It’s all inappropriate and harmful. Those who use it need to learn to do better but it doesn’t make the word any more acceptable.

Again, please use this as an opportunity to be educated on a community you are not apart of… and not as an excuse for people to use a racist term.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wootton is a great school. Nelson is a great principal. WP calling Wootton a racist school is an overreaction without basic diligence. MCPS putting Nelson on leave is a sacrifice of Asian for the sake of other minorities.

Yawnnn… tell us something new. Then people wonder why Asians voted for Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wootton is a great school. Nelson is a great principal. WP calling Wootton a racist school is an overreaction without basic diligence. MCPS putting Nelson on leave is a sacrifice of Asian for the sake of other minorities.

I don’t have an opinion on Nelson besides the fact that he didn’t do his job correctly by reporting the incidents and protect the students being harmed.

I do have an opinion on the this very sad thread that is more concerned about the removal of a principal than the harm of the Black and Jewish students at Wootton over the years.

I would like to believe that the Asian community has some understanding of what it is to be demeaned due to race and culture. In most of America, outside of Montgomery County and a select few other places in the US, we are all treated less than ie #StopAsianHate.

But alas, it’s easier to be angry at the Black community and scream that everything DEI is awful than to take a look in the mirror, accept that things have been inequitable in certain environments in our community for a long time and make changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm fully in support of sanctioning principals who think they can break the rules (such as ignoring mandatory training policies).

But I'm not sure the current set of policies are effective. I told my (AA) husband about the incident and he was really annoyed.

He said that he had two (AA) friends as a kid. Some troublemakers ran up to both of them separately and taunted them with the N word. One friend started chasing the troublemakers, threatening them, etc. And the other just repeated the word back to them calmly. From that point, the trouble makers kept harassing the first friend and basically just ignored the second. They were looking for response and got it from one but not the other.

I don't know how to reconcile this with our current situation. I certainly can't support a decision to not penalize troublemakers and not support those who were targeted. But it seems like it needs to be done matter-of-factly and consistently. But without the emotion that we've been displaying recently.

No one was targeted.

A black student printed out the word 1000 times on a printer and 2 staff found it. Didn’t notify the principal for 2 days.

A black student wrote the n word on a desk and another student eventually found it and reported it to the teacher who took a picture. Notified the principal the next day.

Both situations were then sent out via letter by the principal the day after he found out.

The principal was targeted by bad faith protestors.

The Wootton BSU are bad faith protesters? Do you hear yourself?

It's more polite than saying they wre ignorant and not very smart.

And you have now revealed that Wootton parents are not above attacking and insulting children. Stay classy, Wootton parents.

Come off it. If a kid wants to play at being an adult, the kid will be treated like one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, as a Black person, it is absolutely not an acceptable term in our community. Please stop trying to make it so. Use this as an opportunity to educate yourselves and your own communities. Thanks.

DP. The music that kids (of all races) listen to is full of that term, so it's not a surprise that they're using it too, unfortunately.

That is not the “N word” in these songs you mention. Both are demeaning, inappropriate, and racist.

It’s like saying that girls call themselves the “b word” so my son can call his girlfriend that word too. It’s all inappropriate and harmful. Those who use it need to learn to do better but it doesn’t make the word any more acceptable.

Again, please use this as an opportunity to be educated on a community you are not apart of… and not as an excuse for people to use a racist term.

This standard you are using for when it is acceptable to use language is literally unenforceable in a school system. Differential treatment for identical behavior based on someone’s race is illegal. That violates the Civil Rights Act.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, as a Black person, it is absolutely not an acceptable term in our community. Please stop trying to make it so. Use this as an opportunity to educate yourselves and your own communities. Thanks.

DP. The music that kids (of all races) listen to is full of that term, so it's not a surprise that they're using it too, unfortunately.

That is not the “N word” in these songs you mention. Both are demeaning, inappropriate, and racist.

It’s like saying that girls call themselves the “b word” so my son can call his girlfriend that word too. It’s all inappropriate and harmful. Those who use it need to learn to do better but it doesn’t make the word any more acceptable.

Again, please use this as an opportunity to be educated on a community you are not apart of… and not as an excuse for people to use a racist term.

This standard you are using for when it is acceptable to use language is literally unenforceable in a school system. Differential treatment for identical behavior based on someone’s race is illegal. That violates the Civil Rights Act.

US Law is anti-black.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, as a Black person, it is absolutely not an acceptable term in our community. Please stop trying to make it so. Use this as an opportunity to educate yourselves and your own communities. Thanks.

DP. The music that kids (of all races) listen to is full of that term, so it's not a surprise that they're using it too, unfortunately.

That is not the “N word” in these songs you mention. Both are demeaning, inappropriate, and racist.

It’s like saying that girls call themselves the “b word” so my son can call his girlfriend that word too. It’s all inappropriate and harmful. Those who use it need to learn to do better but it doesn’t make the word any more acceptable.

Again, please use this as an opportunity to be educated on a community you are not apart of… and not as an excuse for people to use a racist term.

This standard you are using for when it is acceptable to use language is literally unenforceable in a school system. Differential treatment for identical behavior based on someone’s race is illegal. That violates the Civil Rights Act.

US Law is anti-black.

That doesn’t even make sense. So you are saying the Civil Rights Act that protects people from racial discrimination is anti-black?

[Anonymous]

Teacher here. I definitely hear the N word , hard R in hallways at my high school. I know the difference.

[Anonymous]

The use of the word does not make it any less harmful or racist… it doesn’t matter who says it.