A white substitute teacher starts using the 'N-Bomb' in class & black student wasn't havin any of it
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‘That’s Racist as Sh-t!’: Black Student Not Having it When White Teacher Defends Saying N-Word
Louisiana school officials are investigating after a viral video showed a white substitute teacher whipping out the N-word, and telling students that it is no big deal.
Footage posted to Twitter on Thursday depicts him and a black student getting into a … passionate argument over the racial slur.
“That’s racist as sh-t,” the student said. “Why can you not understand that it’s racist for a white man to say ‘n—-r’ to a black man? It’s f–king racist.”
The student rhetorically asked white classmates if they’d say it.
“F–k no, they wouldn’t say ‘n—-r,’” he said.
The teacher, named as “Coach Ryan” in the original Twitter post, argued that the N-word isn’t a big deal anymore.
“Do you know what a commoditized word is?” he said, claiming that this slur lost its original meaning through overuse. “The word has been commoditized so that anyone can use it, and it’s not a negative connotation.”
The student didn’t buy that.
“For you to say it to me is negative,” he said.
“Coach Ryan” said that singers [he presumably meant rappers] use it in songs.
“By black men,” the student countered. “By black men.” He pointed out that even Eminem, a white rapper, never uses the slur in his songs.
The teacher didn’t buy that.
“If you say a word, it means friend,” he said. “If I say a word, it means something different.”
“Yes!”
“That’s not true.”
You can see the full video above, but the highlight is when the teacher says “Nobody says ‘n—-r.”
“You just said it!” the flustered student shot back.
All in all, the teacher argued the student overreacted and was hung up on the word.
A spokesperson for Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans confirmed to LawNewz.com that yes, that was one of their teachers in the video, and that they’re investigating it. However, they did not give the teacher’s name and said they couldn’t comment on the matter until their probe wrapped up. We will update once they reach a conclusion.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune originally linked the video to the school. An alumnus started a petition in response on Thursday. Angry with the teacher’s actions, he will withhold donations until the school does something.
Principal Patrick Windham told the Times-Picayune that the students came to his office for a sit-in, and it transformed into an hour-long assembly in the auditorium. He said students had “a very good dialogue about the difficulties and the issues that still exist around race, around identity, around the things that aren’t resolved.”
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he clearly doesn't want his job
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Ya know, I used to be under the school of thought that we could all eventually get along.
But crackas gon ? . ? em -
This type of thinking been going on too long. Me personally I'll try to have a respectful conversation with a person, but if they keep doing that trolling ? , I'm smacking the ? outta them. ? is disrespectful on all fronts.
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One of the most aggravating ? on earth
A cracka tryna tell u what u should and shouldnt be offended by
And how ? "isn't a big deal anymore" or "everybody says it"
It's on us to start smacking the ? out of these people again because more and more of em have forgot it seems.
If u can get a cac fired u get a pass for not smacking em -
In trumps america i take that word from a white mans mouth as a threat
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He should have ran up on him and hit him with the 2 piece
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well what if he was saying it in context? it sounded like the hunkey was trying to have a convo and say ? in the context. whats the difference from saying the "n-word" over "? "? now if he starts rapping songs and saying ? around you then that young ? might have a point.
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"? " needs to be laid to rest in the same cemetery "jive turkey" is at.
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Where's the video
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illestni99ainne wrote: »Where's the video
It was in the OP, dunno where it went -
If you wouldn't spit in my face, then don't call me a ? , because you're gonna get the same reaction.
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illestni99ainne wrote: »Where's the video
It was taken down but I just reupped it... -
I miss the boondocks -
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How tf can anyone tell another what or what not to be offended by smh
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In trumps america i take that word from a white mans mouth as a threat
As you should... -
Where them "everyone says it people" at? There was a couple of y'all bringing that up in another thread a while back.
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Any white person saying ? or ? is racist and trying to disrespect you...forget having a dialogue about who can say the word...they know how it was used and why they used it..fvk those mind games they wanna play....lil bro should have smacked that cracka like 8Ball jacket guy...
Your defense in court....the n-word coming from white people is a trigger word and I got PTSD.. -
lol I get what the teacher was trying to say, but what makes him think he's on the side that can make that argument. The offender can't tell the offendee when its ok to not be offended anymore. The nerve of that dude.
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truth be told i was expecting a asswhopping because of the title.
I just dont understand why white folks cant just except that they really shouldnt use that word regardless if blacks use it with one another -
radio_santana wrote: »How tf can anyone tell another what or what not to be offended by smh
That sounds like a question for the libertarians faux objective contrarians on this site. -
His ? ass knew what he was doing, a full grown man outside of his classroom where he has no weight would've straight up slapped him. They ? me with that ? , they know the history behind that and what it means to us, so he can miss me with that "its commoditzed" ? . The only reason why some of them even feel more comfortable is because they said it around a lame before and didn't get checked for it.
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dalyricalbandit wrote: »truth be told i was expecting a asswhopping because of the title.
I just dont understand why white folks cant just except that they really shouldnt use that word regardless if blacks use it with one another
We damn sure aint create the word but they wont have that conversation -
finally watched the vid...
all ? aside. I get the teachers point. But its not his place to make the point. Its jus not his place.
He has a valid point when he said "you can not go thru life being so affected by a word." But a white teacher tho, naw. A blk teacher cool. Or maybe some other adult in his personal life.