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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, just say “n-word”. My kid is reading Sing, Unbroken, Sing at SSSAS. The teachers explained to the students that the (Black) author used the word (spoken by both Black and white characters in the book) and that the students themselves should say “n-word” if reading aloud or type “n*****” if quoting the book in a written response.

It’s important to read and discuss books with these themes and topics but it’s also important for teachers and students to understand what language is and isn’t acceptable even in purely academic discussion. There are easy work-arounds that don’t take away from the author’s choices to include certain words, the importance of introducing such words from an academic standpoint, or the importance of the importance of the topic, but still don’t have students or even teachers speaking certain words about loud. [/quote]
You missed an important point, which is that Toni Morrison, a poet and novelist, deliberately chose to use the n-word in her own writing. Toni Morrison was a staunch supporter of free speech (she even wrote an intro to a recent edition of Huck Finn!), and she chose to use the n-word instead of something less noticeable because it has meaning. If she wanted people to read "n-word," she would have chosen a different word. 
In the context of a GDS class taught by a veteran teacher, it's clear that the teacher using the n-word had provided appropriate guidance to the students. GDS admin went too far in admonishing the teacher and letting the student run roughshod over the pedagogical process. From now on, teachers are going to think twice about introducing any literature that could be controversial, much to the detriment of GDS students. It's truly sad to see a paragon of intellectual free thinking devolve into a caricature of knee-jerk liberal politics.[/quote]

GDS as an example of a “paragon of intellectual free thinking?”

OMG I’m about to wet my pants I’m laughing so hard. [/quote]

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