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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]05:47- I think you have misunderstood several posts and gone on a rant because of that. My "disgusting and offensive" post was about the use of the word niglet. I find it a nasty word. Reread the first quoted post in your 05:47 post, then read the post in response to it. I was not speaking about the whole story- I spoke about the use of one word in the story. That is clear if you actually read it.

There is more than one black person in this thread. Some find the story funny. Some don't. I actually posted earlier that the story was amusing because of the idiocy of the teacher. So your rant is quite misguided and I can't/won't answer your numerous questions about blame and anger. [/quote]

If you weren't angry, you would have responded to my questions, as they are indeed contextually appropriate.

Niglet, for example,  is only one small part of a larger picture, correct?    So if niglet makes you angry, how do you address that and other words that are offensive to some but apparently embraced by the younger generation?  Do you stop kids in the street when you hear those word? If you're not part of the solution; you're part of the problem, right?

And then you, like others, found the story funny b/c of the idiocy of the teacher.  As a white teacher, I agree.  very idiotic!  But had this young boy been angry in retelling the story, how would you have reacted?  I can't imagine you'd find it humorous.  Yet he had a way of poking fun at a sad situation in order to garner support from people he didn't even know!

Kids don't know their history, and what many do hear are angry words spouted out by angry parents.  So while cuz is just fine, nigger is not.  And and a white teacher, while I do my fair share of discussing why certain words are not appropriate, if I don't have rapport with students, who are majority minority (nice oxymoron), no amount of preaching will change them b/c all they see is a white face.

So what I am saying is that even though this video may have been posted as a form of "entertainment," it did indeed cause a reaction - bringing forth deep rooted resentment.  Admit it.  And hiring more white teachers will not create change.  again - part of the problem if you're not part of the solution[/quote]

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