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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is about a student having a hard time for whatever reason, and using the most explosive term they can legally say to object to participating. It isn’t about race or racism, it’s about a boy who is struggling. Treat it that way, and you’ll probably find a solution.[/quote]

It's a girl, but otherwise your assessment could be on target. In my untrained eye, it looks like she's latched on to a term that causes authority figures to freeze and then back off. That's what the main teacher did this past weekend, and when it was said to kids in a game, they also backed off. If it were just a kid stubbornly saying "I don't want to," we might have cajoled them or even reprimanded them if it got disruptive.

No one wanted to touch "racist," so the kids got away with more than they might have with another protest line. What's tricky is that we don't want to discount the child's experience if they are struggling and feeling like they're being treated in a racist way, so I'm not sure what to do if we hear that again next weekend.[/quote]

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