Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: drewh

Lesson to be learned: Never apologize. For anything. Ever.

BTW, the origin of the word that “cannot be said by non-black people but is used over and over again by blacks” is the Spanish word for black - negro.

Do we have to rename all the black crayons?


63 posted on 06/21/2013 2:40:00 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: NTHockey

If you’re a Spanish teacher, you may want to be careful when teaching colors to your students.

Petrona Smith, 65,was fired from New York City’s PS 211 in March 2012 after a seventh-grader reported the alleged insult. According to Smith’s lawsuit, she was using the word “negro” for the color black, since she was teaching a lesson on colors. She is now suing the city.

“They haven’t even accounted for how absurd it is for someone who’s black to be using a racial slur to a student,” said Shaun Reid, Smith’s attorney. “Talk about context! There’s a lot of things wrong here.”


148 posted on 06/21/2013 4:15:09 PM PDT by Rusty0604
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 63 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson