Political Correctness Run Amok

[FlyingNarwhal]

This is one of the most ridiculous "teacher fired for..." stories I've read.

I also found this gem from another article on the story.

Smith’s attorney, Shaun Reid, called the charge that allegedly led to his client’s termination ridiculous.

“They haven’t even accounted for how absurd it is for someone who’s black to be using a racial slur to a student,” Reid told the Post.

Apparently it's absurd to think that black people can use racial slurs. So, no black person ever has used a racial slur against Mexicans, Jews, Latinos, heck, even white people? Bullshit.

Yeah I caught that in the original article too.

She was teaching the Spanish words for different colors, and the color "black" in Spanish is "negro." She also taught the junior high school students, in this bilingual school, that the Spanish term for black people is "moreno." And by the way, Smith, who is from the West Indies, is black.

It's a really fucked up form of political correctness when your identifying that someone said something that could be considered "racial" to a group, but it's ok, because she's part of that group.

[Tiberius]

I agree. Either words are OK to say by everyone, or they're not OK to say at all. If you call someone a nigger, you're still being an asshole whatever race you are.

[Tonus]

http://news.yahoo.com/fired-word-negro-s...16980.html

Fired for word 'negro'? A Bronx teacher has filed a lawsuit claiming she was fired for using the word 'negro' in class. 'Negro' is the Spanish word for the color black.

Infuckingcredible.

Interesting. Most of the time, the complaint here is that you can't get a teacher fired for anything.

[Minimalist]

Yes, the teacher and the student who complained are both black...a situation discussed by George Carlin here.....







Even funnier is that the school is in The Bronx. No one speaks English in the Bronx.

[festive1]

I wonder what would've been said about a lit class I took where the prof had students read Richard Wright aloud for discussion. Pretty sure he enjoyed watching students squirm and raise objections, too...
So we're not supposed to discuss these issues anymore? But you can't see where you're going if you don't know where you've been... Seems like a catch-22...

[Minimalist]

Not to mention that the "N-word" is not "negro."

[CriticalBen]

It's sad, really. Fear is what it is.

[LastPoet]

OMFG! My village name is Pero Negro, it shall be censored, if this PC bullshit ever crosses the pond.

[Violet]

OMFG! My village name is Pero Negro, it shall be censored, if this PC bullshit ever crosses the pond.

Interesting... Lastpoet is black.

I never knew. I thought he was some Portugese hooker