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Originally Posted by GirlySports
So how do we address something by it's old name or in a foreign language if the word is inappropriate?
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"No one can say that word regardless of race at school. Why can you say it but not others?" There, I got the exact point and discussion the principal wanted to create without saying the word to a bunch of Black students.
"Back in my day we used to call those candies a derogatory word for Black babies." If they persist, "They were called N-word babies but with the actual word."
Neither were complicated. Both adults wanted to assert dominance and racism towards the students, I won't be convinced otherwise given how absolutely easy it was to avoid saying what they did.
There's certainly more nuance discussion when dealing with books like "To Kill a Mockingbird" but there's where you need to have a discussion on the word, the history of the book and give the students an understanding that the usage of the word was used to denote racist trash while also being reality. I can appreciate that there is much harder discussions to be had but a principal and teacher just using the word flippantly when there was no need means they wanted to say it.