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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Just had a long talk with DD and explained that I'd like this to be a teaching moment for her to handle herself. I've encouraged her to do some research on the [u]whys [/u]of the classmate's statement. Research about stop and frisk, harassment, harsher sentencing, etc. Don't just get offended. Arm yourself with knowledge to combat ignore.

I've also encouraged her to open up the next class with a question about the student's comment and why the class found it so funny and see how the conversation goes. IME, folks make ignorant statements based off of numbers without doing the research to find out why things are the way they are. And, IME, racists rarely continue when they are confronted for their bigotry.

Hopefully, she can get the message across that quoting stats and numbers, without proper research, is ignorance. [/quote]

See, this says to me that the focus of the comment was in the disproportionate amount of AA men in prison, not that no one cares what they think, they deserve to be there, or any morality judgment. But again, it's still unclear. And for this reason it's imperative that the DD address it (whatever it is), not the OP.

And all you people who are advocating that the OP should call the dean, take action, the professor should be fired - you're nuts. We have a shorthand, garbled, third-hand account on an anonymous message board. This shoot from the hip helicopter parent approach doesn't do anyone any favors. [/quote]

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