The teacher who made the remark is a horse’s ass.
Apparently, from reading the comments section of the Houston Chronicle, this guy has a problem. Last year, he walked up to a bunch of black basketball players and called them the “N” word and he also walked up to an Hispanic kid and asked him to do his lawn.
He’s a jerk and the school probably can’t get rid of him — tenure, you know.
How many “administrative leaves of absence” does this clown need?