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OU apologizes over professor's reading from historical document that uses 'N-word'
https://www.tulsaworld.com ^ | Feb 24, 2020 | The Oklahoman

Posted on 02/25/2020 8:09:53 AM PST by BackRoads775

OKLAHOMA CITY — The University of Oklahoma released a statement Monday after a history teacher read during class from a historical document that used a racial slur.

Interim OU President Joseph Harroz said the faculty member read from a historical document that “repeatedly” used the N-word. He said the professor issued a “trigger warning” before reading but agreed that the word never should have been used.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: education; history; nword; oklahoma; snowflake; triggered; triggerwarning; whiteguilt
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1 posted on 02/25/2020 8:09:53 AM PST by BackRoads775
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To: BackRoads775

Forget about Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.

No more Mark Twain for you, haha.


2 posted on 02/25/2020 8:12:26 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: BackRoads775

Oh no! Scarry words ahead.

What a bunch of light weights.


3 posted on 02/25/2020 8:13:29 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: BackRoads775

Why should the word never be used in an historical context? Don’t the snowflakes want to learn history? If not, how can they understand the context as to why that word is considered a slur in our time? (Being rhetorical here.)


4 posted on 02/25/2020 8:14:05 AM PST by Avalon Memories (Politics is all about quid pro quos. Donate to me! Vote for me! I'll give you "free" stuff)
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To: BackRoads775

Nazi?


5 posted on 02/25/2020 8:14:31 AM PST by silverleaf (Remember kids: You can vote your way into communism, but you have to shoot your way out!)
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To: BackRoads775

The Tulsa Squirrel....is a left wing POS paper.


6 posted on 02/25/2020 8:14:49 AM PST by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: BackRoads775

“trigger warning”?! What a bunch of pansies. I can’t even fathom if these same snowflakes were ever exposed to 1% of what kids in the 50’s and before were exposed to.

So it’s probably best to re-write history. Less stressful.


7 posted on 02/25/2020 8:15:16 AM PST by albie
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To: BackRoads775

Well except for certain demographic where it’s commonly used. Guess “Stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me!” is passe?


8 posted on 02/25/2020 8:16:08 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: BackRoads775

If we had the technology to replace that word with clanging church bells every time they are uttered the world would be a better place.


9 posted on 02/25/2020 8:16:14 AM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1946)
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To: BackRoads775

To imagine there is a word that simply cannot be said boggles the mind.


10 posted on 02/25/2020 8:17:22 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: ConservaTexan

And the rap music industry would wear those bells out


11 posted on 02/25/2020 8:18:35 AM PST by kjam22
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To: BackRoads775

What utter bull crap. These “students” will never grow up enough to be functional out in the real world, thanks to higher education and the cuck professors.

But, that is all part of the plan.


12 posted on 02/25/2020 8:19:11 AM PST by LaRueLaDue
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To: BackRoads775

This reminds me of the story of the University of Utah student studying acting who refused to use the F-word in her roles, for religious reasons. She was condemned by the faculty and her fellow students and essentially kicked out of the program.


13 posted on 02/25/2020 8:20:16 AM PST by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: BackRoads775

Forget about historical documents. You can find that word all over the Rap scene.


14 posted on 02/25/2020 8:21:33 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Pearls Before Swine

The only context you should ever see ‘trigger warning’ is when buying a rifle and someone is trying to sell you a Ruger with their POS 8# trigger.

The snowflakes better get used to reading history before they repeat it.


15 posted on 02/25/2020 8:21:42 AM PST by Beagle8U (Did Eric Ciaramella kill Epstein? He didn't kill himself.)
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To: BackRoads775

niggardly?


16 posted on 02/25/2020 8:22:23 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: BackRoads775

How dumb!! and in a so called intellectual setting.

We need an honest national discussion on what the word “racist” really means. What is the definition?


17 posted on 02/25/2020 8:22:43 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: BackRoads775

Meanwhile the rap heroes of the Black community use the N word all over their vile tunes.


18 posted on 02/25/2020 8:23:14 AM PST by dennisw
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To: albie

I think NYC had a slang term for every ethnicity in the world. The 30s, 40s and 50s were colorful times


19 posted on 02/25/2020 8:23:55 AM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: BackRoads775

Every time I go into a grocery store and look at the hanging aisle signs I see one that reads ‘crackers’ and I am offended - who do I complain to about that?


20 posted on 02/25/2020 8:23:57 AM PST by FairfaxVA (SELECT * FROM liberals WHERE clue > 0. Zero rows returned!)
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