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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What was the bullying involved that administration decided to counsel the "victims."?[/quote]

In the case that I know of, the victim (a white girl) was singing along with a rap song and a black girl screamed at her, telling her it "wasn't her music."  She then proceeded to physically (punch and slap) the victim for about a week afterwards in the hallways.  [/quote]

Did they speak to the counselor together? That would have been ideal. If the rap music had the n word then that is very touchy and it needs to be spelled out that nobody should be using that word, even signing with rap. It would have been helpful for the AAgirl to be able to explain what offended her and for the other girl to explain her intentions. I cannot imagine instead choosing a "victim support group" for intervention.

My kid once was accused of being "racist" by another-a word thrown around way too much in middle school. What the other child didn't know is my kid is 50% the same ethnic group as he was and we saw nothing racist in his use of an accent he hears with his own relatives.[/quote]

If pp posted a true story, then the school has gone pc nutso.  The second poster's reply is pc garbage.  I would never use the "n" word, but if the AA community keeps defending their own use of it, then it is still "out" there.  As long as the word is present in society, it is open for abuse.  As long as people like Whoopi Goldberg do not understand that, it will continue to be used.[/quote]

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