[Cecil Terwilliger]

I have no words.

TL;DR black students at an Elementary/Junior High School were using the n-word a lot. Principal then used the word while questioning them about it. Students got suspended for breaking school policy. And now all hell is breaking loose.

"So how come it's OK for you to say [the N-word]?" principal Lianne Anderson asked a group of Black students, questioning their use of the word.

"The word was more so used in a situation to explain, like, 'If it's not OK for me to use the word, why is it OK for you to use the word?'" said district spokeswoman Sandra Borowski. "I think the whole point was to kind of clarify that, bottom line, the use of the word is just generally unacceptable for anyone."

Nwofor, who also is a leader for the local Black Lives Matter chapter, said the conversation never should have happened, because Black people are allowed to use the word if they choose.

"It is a word that we are reclaiming that was used to oppress people, and if you are not Black and you are using that word, you are using it as an oppressor and it means you have privilege," she said. "If you have privilege and you use that word, you are being an oppressor and you're being racist, quite frankly."

Educator Sagal Yusuf says when somebody who is not Black uses the N-word, it is considered violent.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ents-1.5745427