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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, your kid told a racist joke to impress older kids. Let's not forget that. Frankly, he should probably be suspended. Were demerits or whatever got the other kid suspended issued to your son as well?

Let go of stuff like "he told someone he thought was a friend." If someone I thought was a friend told a racist joke, I would absolutely tell other people that that happened so they'd know that person's views.[/quote]

You don’t even know the joke but you’re quick to judge the kid guilty of something.   No judgement without having all the facts. [/quote]

OP was the one who said that the joke was antisemitic and that people were offended by it. I am pretty comfortable saying what I said based on the information she provided. I don't need to hear specifically what antisemitism OP's son was expressing to these kids. OP is following through with a cultural education program that seems to be along the lines of "why Nazis are not funny" which I think is a really healthy and appropriate way to handle it.

If there is a way to use those materials to situate the specific joke he told (which, again, I don't need to hear), it might help him to understand the context of the situation a little better. To be clear, I don't think that the kid should be shamed for this incident. I do think it's appropriate to help him understand how the situation at camp is reflected in history and current events in a way that means it needs to be taken seriously.[/quote]

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