A center college pupil in Fontana, California, requested his trainer to assist him with a phrase in a ebook he was studying for his English class when his trainer started demanding he say the phrase, which is a racial slur.
The Sequoia Center Faculty eighth-grader was studying “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain when he got here throughout the N-word. The trainer was seen on video captured by one of many pupil’s classmates repeatedly ordering him to say the phrase regardless of him showing uncomfortable utilizing that kind of language.
The trainer claimed the slur is only a phrase and that it’s included within the dictionary, and that he ought to be capable of say it.
The scholar’s classmates mentioned they had been additionally uncomfortable with the trade.
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A center college pupil in Fontana, California, requested his trainer to assist him with a phrase he learn in a ebook he was studying for his English class when his trainer started demanding he say the phrase, which is a racial slur. (iStock)
Among the college students instructed Fox 11 that the trainer, who’s from one other nation, might not have understood the phrase could be offensive, whereas others mentioned she ought to know to keep away from utilizing the phrase.
The scholar who recorded the video was pulled out of the classroom after her mom raised the difficulty with college officers.
Different college students within the class mentioned the trainer nonetheless brings up the trade. They mentioned she stands by her actions.
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The trainer was seen on video repeatedly ordering the scholar to make use of the racial slur regardless of him showing uncomfortable utilizing that kind of language. (Peter Kneffel/image alliance )
In a letter to the varsity’s household and workers, the Fontana Unified Faculty District mentioned it has been made conscious of the incident.
“Whereas we acknowledge that this derogatory language comes from a novel first revealed within the late 1800s, and that historic context is essential to think about when discussing literature, the District doesn’t condone the language that was used within the video or utilizing that language exterior of the context of discussing the novel,” the district’s letter reads.
The trainer claimed the slur is only a phrase and that it’s included within the dictionary. (iStock)
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“Fontana Unified is at present investigating this case,” the letter continues. “Whereas we can’t present extra element at the moment, please be assured that the District takes this and all studies of demeaning language critically, addresses the matter promptly and takes any essential motion.”
