Posted on 02/09/2022 6:08:31 PM PST by marshmallow
Mary DeVoto, a teacher of 41 years, was discussing why the former name of the Washington Football Team was offensive to indigenous people, telling students the term was just as bad as the N-word — saying the full word.
A Southwest Side Catholic school fired a longtime history teacher after she said the full N-word in class during a discussion of sports teams with racist names.
Mary DeVoto was teaching Native American culture for her World History class at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School when a student brought up efforts to find a replacement for Chief Illiniwek at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
DeVoto, a teacher of 41 years, began discussing the former name of the Washington Commanders and why it was offensive to indigenous people. DeVoto told students the term was just as bad as the N-word, using the full word.
A student was recording the lecture for later note-taking and the video was quickly sent through the school. Later that day, the administration moved to suspend DeVoto, and following a meeting Monday, terminated her position.
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geez, folks are so sensitive. Such nitpicking. IMO
They’re eating their own, love it.
We didn’t even have to bother trying to hold this radical to her own rules. They did it for us, sounds like.
Seems like a niggardly response.
I’m guessing this “teacher” wouldn’t have a problem with a sports team called the crackers.
Naggers?
Snared by her own brand of Rabbit Traps!
No forgiveness. No extra training (brainwashing) offered.
No period of probation. No appeal, No second chances!
It used to be against the law to ‘fire’ somebody just like that!
There are several times when I wanted to, back when I managed.
They could have eliminated the race issue by renaming the Redskins as The Washington Nigglers.
Just how is a chiefs, warriors, etc insulting to indians, and why does this teacher says this.
Ahhh the full n word nutrigena? nighttime? neanderthal?
You get fired for using the word while talking about how bad the word is in a 3rd person reference, but blacks can call themselves ‘Nigger’ all day. Pure baloney.
I gotta say though, Washington Commies is a more appropriate team name.
The complainants about the Redskins were almost all white liberals.
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