Was giving the OP the benefit of the doubt until this post just now, which seems to support the hypothesis that OP is white and the kid who said it is black (in which case, agreed, there is more nuance here).

Anonymous wrote:Op here -

Race is irrelevant. It’s not cool for anyone to be saying inappropriate things at an elementary school playground where young kids are playing. My child has a right to be there and feel safe. I didn’t “lecture” anyone, I said “hey kid, please watch your language when there are little kids around”. I spoke later with another parent who had been there slightly earlier and she told me the kid had said something similar in a group of older kids who were all playing basketball, and she said she gave him a “look” and told him not to use that word. Obviously some kids need reminders of how to behave in public.

LOL, OK we got it lady.

Op here -

Race is irrelevant. It’s not cool for anyone to be saying inappropriate things at an elementary school playground where young kids are playing. My child has a right to be there and feel safe. I didn’t “lecture” anyone, I said “hey kid, please watch your language when there are little kids around”. I spoke later with another parent who had been there slightly earlier and she told me the kid had said something similar in a group of older kids who were all playing basketball, and she said she gave him a “look” and told him not to use that word. Obviously some kids need reminders of how to behave in public.

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Anonymous wrote:What race are you/son and what race is the 8th grader?

Bingo. This is key. I suspect OP and her kid are white, and the 8th grader is black.

White ladies should under no circumstances be discussing the N word and it’s appropriateness or lack thereof with black kids they don’t know.

It’s not ok for any kid, even a black one to taunt that word at other kids.

That’s fine. Think whatever you want. But don’t be the white lady lecturing a black kid about the N word. It’s an awful look. Best case scenario you’re going to end up looking and feeling very stupid.

So you’re totally cool with black kids taunting other kids with that word?

I don’t think anyone should be taunting anyone else with any words. But people can say what they want. No one is going to be watching what they say because a kid is present. You don’t have a right not to be offended when you are in public. If OP doesn’t like what her kid might hear at the courts, he shouldn’t be there. And yeah, it is stupid for some white lady to be lecturing a black kid about the N word unless she’s his mom or his teacher or responsible for him in some way.

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Anonymous wrote:What race are you/son and what race is the 8th grader?

Bingo. This is key. I suspect OP and her kid are white, and the 8th grader is black.

White ladies should under no circumstances be discussing the N word and it’s appropriateness or lack thereof with black kids they don’t know.

It’s not ok for any kid, even a black one to taunt that word at other kids.

That’s fine. Think whatever you want. But don’t be the white lady lecturing a black kid about the N word. It’s an awful look. Best case scenario you’re going to end up looking and feeling very stupid.

So you’re totally cool with black kids taunting other kids with that word?

Yes, that’s what I said, I’m “totally cool” with that.

No. But I’m an adult and also not a moron. I recognize that this is a scenario where literally no one needs to hear from me. OP’s kid caught the vapors, ran home crying, whatever. That’s fine. Problem solved, move on. You don’t march up to a basketball court in your Lululemon and start reprimanding a black teenager for saying the N word. You look like a GD fool.

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Anonymous wrote:What race are you/son and what race is the 8th grader?

Bingo. This is key. I suspect OP and her kid are white, and the 8th grader is black.

White ladies should under no circumstances be discussing the N word and it’s appropriateness or lack thereof with black kids they don’t know.

It’s not ok for any kid, even a black one to taunt that word at other kids.

That’s fine. Think whatever you want. But don’t be the white lady lecturing a black kid about the N word. It’s an awful look. Best case scenario you’re going to end up looking and feeling very stupid.

So you’re totally cool with black kids taunting other kids with that word?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What race are you/son and what race is the 8th grader?

Bingo. This is key. I suspect OP and her kid are white, and the 8th grader is black.

White ladies should under no circumstances be discussing the N word and it’s appropriateness or lack thereof with black kids they don’t know.

It’s not ok for any kid, even a black one to taunt that word at other kids.

That’s fine. Think whatever you want. But don’t be the white lady lecturing a black kid about the N word. It’s an awful look. Best case scenario you’re going to end up looking and feeling very stupid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What race are you/son and what race is the 8th grader?

Bingo. This is key. I suspect OP and her kid are white, and the 8th grader is black.

White ladies should under no circumstances be discussing the N word and it’s appropriateness or lack thereof with black kids they don’t know.

It’s not ok for any kid, even a black one to taunt that word at other kids.

Anonymous wrote:What race are you/son and what race is the 8th grader?

Bingo. This is key. I suspect OP and her kid are white, and the 8th grader is black.

White ladies should under no circumstances be discussing the N word and it’s appropriateness or lack thereof with black kids they don’t know.

Anonymous wrote:I’ll take things that did not happen for $200

You aren't very bright. This could easily happen. Kids think the n word is fun, it gets a reaction.

Thing is the hip-hop crowd has desensitized their followers to the N word. So now most people who use it today, see NOTHING wrong with it.

We can’t have it both ways.

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Anonymous wrote:Great time to teach your kid that if they're somewhere and something makes them uncomfortable, they should leave, and, they can only control themselves, not others. Your son's job is to NOT say the n-word or curse at adults. He can't control what other kids say.

Yeah, he did the right thing and I have spoken with him about that. But maybe those with teens can also remind their kids to watch their language especially around younger kids. And not to swear at adults.

Are you sure it's safe to let your 8 yo be alone, unsupervised with n word slinging teenage randos? What if the next rando is a child molestor? 8 is pretty young to be out alone, imo.

What race are you/son and what race is the 8th grader?

Don’t let you 8 year old go to the park unattended. That 8th grader sounds horrible.

What do you want to happen? The Speech police to arrest a teenager for asking an 8 year old a question?