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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have heard of the N word being used at other public and independent schools in this area.  I have heard of white kids saying it to children of color during basketball games, soccer games, and other athletic events in the area.[/quote]
Call me naive, but how in the world is this still tolerated in 2017?  In one of the purportedly most socially progressive parts of the country, no less?[/quote]

I never said it was tolerated.  I said it happens and it does.  The same way that my black male friends get pulled over for minor "traffic infractions" (like not signaling a lane change or broken tail light) when my white husband has NEVER been pulled over for such things even though he has driven clunkers.  It often seems to me that the only people who are still unaware of how much racism exists or how the N word still gets used are white people who think America has over come its legacy of slavery, racism, and civil rights abuses because Obama was president or their children have friends who have darker skin tones.  I am white and a lot of white people I know really think that the world has progressed more on these issue than we have.  It is like the number of men who were shocked by the stories women shared about the sexism they have experienced following the video tape of Trump bragging about how he can grab women and Fox firing Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly.  Women weren't as shocked because they knew it still happened.  A lot of men I know were shocked because they operate in a different world where they don't do those things so they think it doesn't exist.

Also, shout out to the show Blackish which tackles a whole host of issues (not just about race, but class, sexism, etc.)  It's funny and thought provoking all at once.  [/quote]

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