Reply #15: I'm a substitute teacher in a suburban school [View All]

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district in Southern California. The kids use plenty of racial expletives. I was subbing in a "resource" class of low achievers one day not long ago when a white kid and black kid, both 8th graders, started verbally sparring and the white kid flung the "n" word in the black kid's direction. I immediately ordered him to gather his stuff and go directly to the dean's office. While he was gone, the class started speculating on what punishment he would receive. They figured it would be bad. Nah. He was back in class within 5 minutes. Got a slap on the wrist and told not to say it again.

I couldn't believe it. What a lesson for those kids. That day they learned that even the most vile racial slur isn't considered a big deal by their school administrators.

As far as friends and relatives using racial slurs, unfortunately, yes. A lot of the racism, though, is under the surface, but it's there nonetheless.