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SunSeeker

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Fri Feb 3, 2023, 04:19 AM Feb 2023

California Substitute Fired For Slamming Student To Ground After Being Called The N-Word [View all]

The teacher believed the student’s prior use of the derogatory word was disrespectful. During the confrontation, you can also overhear a student asking the teacher, “you’re going to fight with a student?” It’s unclear whether the teenager himself or one of his classmates posed the question. The educator insisted that he wasn’t trying to fight and that his hands were behind his back.

While shoving the teacher twice, the student can be heard saying, “I’m not playing with you, Bro,” before the instructor loses his temper. The teacher aggressively grabbed the student and threw him to the floor, demanding him to “Say it again."

According to reports, the instructor was fired on the spot. The following day, hundreds of students participated in a peaceful protest organized by the Black Student Union. Their demonstration was in response to the prevalence of the N-word on campus.

According to Markeith Anderson, a junior at the high school, the term is frequently used there.

https://sports.yahoo.com/california-substitute-fired-slamming-student-220836329.html



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Looks to me like the kid got what he was begging for. Demobrat Feb 2023 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author SunSeeker Feb 2023 #2
Looks like the teacher will get charged with felony assault and will be unemployable. SunSeeker Feb 2023 #3
I hope he's not unemployable. Demobrat Feb 2023 #5
Employable, maybe, after he gets out of jail ashredux Feb 2023 #10
If Im on the jury it's a NOT Guilty ZonkerHarris Feb 2023 #17
No, he was not correct this land a kid to the floor. He could've told the kid to leave the classroom ashredux Feb 2023 #8
Yup, it's assualt and if a few more wannabe Nazi racist kids get beat down maybe ZonkerHarris Feb 2023 #18
You are sadly, amazingly incorrect. ashredux Feb 2023 #9
It is a word. Bootlace Feb 2023 #4
This! nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #6
Robinson was made to promise not to respond to the slurs as a condition of his employment. SunSeeker Feb 2023 #14
Yes, I am well aware of all that nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #20
I'm not sure Jackie Robinson would have remained stoic if he was called the n-word today. SunSeeker Feb 2023 #21
It's not just a word. SunSeeker Feb 2023 #12
He has a future as a new police officer ashredux Feb 2023 #7
No, he does not have a future as a police officer. SunSeeker Feb 2023 #11
Apparently my sarcasm did not come through properly. My bad ashredux Feb 2023 #19
"Substitute" or "Teacher"? RSherman Feb 2023 #13
He was a substitute. nt SunSeeker Feb 2023 #15
--- he has a reasonable defense of "self defense." He was shoved twice. 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #16
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