Illinois teacher calls Jamaican students the N-word after they object to ‘African-American’

[KamaAina]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/illinois-teacher-calls-jamaican-students-ngger-after-they-object-to-african-american/

Officials at an Illinois school said this week that a substitute teacher would not be allowed to work in the school after she allegedly called two students the N-word because they objected to being called African-American.

Eighth graders Mea Thompson and Zaria Daniel told WMAQ that they were working in a Social Studies group with two other students at Jay Stream Middle School last Wednesday when the substitute teacher referred to them as “African-American.”

“All four of us that were sitting there got offended because none of us are from Africa,” Thompson recalled. I’m Jamaican. So we said, ‘Can you please not call us that?’”

“She continued to call us that and said, ‘It’s the politically correct term.’ Then she said, ‘Well, back then you guys would be considered the N-word.”

[malaise]

1. Oh dear

Silly all around but fugg the stupid racist teacher

[muntrv]

2. Please make this "teacher" public record!

[Eleanors38]

3. Our extended Cracker family has Cuban, African-American,

and Jamaican marriages. Those kids are right. Next Miami stops: Little Haiti! Coconut Grove!

[AverageJoe90]

4. Somebody needs to learn to be more sensitive.

Now, granted , maybe she wasn't trying to be maliciously racist, but the best thing she can do now is apologize.....or so I'd hope.

[marym625]

7. considering her response

Don't think she had to try

[hobbit709]

5. her new title should be unemployed teacher.

[marym625]

6. Why was she referring to their race at all?