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SunSeeker

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3. Looks like the teacher will get charged with felony assault and will be unemployable.

Reply to Demobrat (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 3, 2023, 04:38 AM

Feb 2023

The student who shoved the teacher and called him the n-word is not facing any discipline or charges as far as I am aware of.

The incident transpired in a freshman-level introduction to ethnic studies class. In October 2021, the Legislature passed and Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 101 – a historic bill which made California the first state to require Ethnic Studies as a high school graduation requirement. Right wingers in California have been fighting it vociferously. You can bet they will use this incident as fresh ammo against such courses.

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California Substitute Fired For Slamming Student To Ground After Being Called The N-Word [View all] SunSeeker Feb 2023 OP

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