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The California English teacher was filmed repeating the n-word and urging a student to repeat it during a lesson in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer “which saw her insist that slur was just an English word everyone could say”
A teacher was checking out Mark Twain’s seminal work with a student
A student who recorded the incident said she tried to get him to repeat the slur
Then the teacher repeats the word about 15 times in a row when the class starts laughing
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A California English teacher is facing backlash after using the n-word over and over and urging a student to do the same during a lesson about the adventures of Tom Sawyer.
The Sequoia Middle School language arts teacher – who has not been identified – was discussing Mark Twain’s famous novel when one of the 219 phrases in the racial slur came up.
A black student who filmed the encounter – who remained anonymous – said the teacher was then “trying to force” one of the students to repeat the word.
They said, ‘The teacher was in front of the class and she was saying the word is just an English word and everyone can say it if they want to, it’s in the dictionary, and people are very sensitive to the word.
In the video, the teacher appears feeding the student: “Say it. N****r’ then starts to smile. ‘Why? You ask me, so go ahead and pronounce it: n****r. ‘
An English teacher in California faces backlash after repeatedly using the n-word and urging a student to do the same during a lesson about the adventures of Tom Sawyer
The student could do nothing but hang his head and remain silent. Even his classmates started laughing.
“She was trying to force him to say the word and kept saying it over and over and her face was smiling,” the photography student added. I was just thinking, dang, this teacher has lost her mind. ”
The student claims that the teacher repeated the slur about 15 times.
A parent shared the video on a local Facebook page on March 31.
“This happened at my girls’ school in Fontana, Sequoia Middle School,” Bianca Gibbons wrote. “Reposting (,) please stop the racism and verbal violence (,) bullying (.) this teacher should be fired (.) please help share this.”
The school district responded with a statement that didn’t seem clear about the context in which the teacher spoke.
While we acknowledge that such derogatory language comes from a novel first published in the late nineteenth century, and that historical context is important to consider when discussing literature, the county does not condone language used in the video or use that language outside of the context of discussing the novel.
The teacher made no comment when contacted ABC7 Wednesday. Sequoia Middle School has not yet responded to requests for comment.
“She was trying to force him to say the word and kept saying it over and over and she had a smirk on her face,” said the photography student. I was just thinking, dang, this teacher has lost her mind.”
The school district responded with a statement that didn’t seem clear about the context in which the teacher spoke
Caroline Rivera, a mother of two students at the school, called the comments “unacceptable”.
She wasn’t sure what the school district should do to discipline the teacher.
‘Pull the teacher?’ Maybe go through training again? Rivera suggested.
This comes during a series of controversy in America and the United Kingdom over censorship of books that go back decades and centuries.
Agatha Christie’s novels are the latest works to have been rewritten to eliminate verbosity deemed insensitive or inappropriate, and it has emerged.
The language arts teacher at Sequoia Preparatory School – who has not been identified – was discussing the famous Mark Twain novel when one of the 219 phrases in the racial slur came up.
Twain is considered an original classic but is often controversial because of its use of the n-word
Several passages in The Mysteries of Poirot and Miss Marple are reported to have been reworked or stripped entirely from the new editions of the books.
Publisher HarperCollins deleted text that contained “insults or references to race,” as well as descriptions of certain characters’ builds, The telegraph mentioned.
Christie’s work is the latest to undergo a politically correct rewrite. It comes after books by Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming and Enid Blyton were edited due to allergy concerns.