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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. When something similar happened when my DC was in middle school (racist but not homophobic language), my DC punched the perpetrator, knocked him down, and told him that he’d do worse if he heard the language again. The perpetrator wasn’t hurt but everyone on the playground saw it. My DC then got a half-hearted detention from the principal along with verbal messaging that standing up and defending his friends was a good thing to do. The principal didn’t even call us; I only found out about the incident because a friend heard about it from her kid. From what I heard, the problem ended quickly.

Playground justice does work for stuff like this. [/quote]

I doubt it.  Violence is not tolerated no matter how noble the reason.   Zero tolerance for fighting.  Kids can’t knock someone to the ground because they don’t like what the person said. There’s no way a principal would let it go.

Every day there are kids using racist and cruel language.  Imagine if everyone got into a physical fight over it?  [/quote]

My son had an openly racist girl in his class. It came to a head when they did a lesson on racism and the teacher showed pictures of burning crosses, the girl commented that the crosses were pretty. My son was furious and he has a relentless, never forget personality. So, he mocked her for the rest of the year…addressing her as “racist” and literally shutting her down every time she spoke. It worked, she shut up, and the teacher absolutely allowed him to call her out over and over again. So, no need for violence, a lot can be accomplished with words.[/quote]

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