St. Paul teacher caught using the n-word
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You'll want to check the calendar -- spoiler alert: it's 2019 -- while reading the St. Paul Pioneer Press story about a teacher in the city school system who thought it acceptable -- if only for a moment -- to use the n-word in polite conversation.
The teacher is on administrative leave after a parent of a Highland Park student posted a cellphone video of a cellphone video of her in a hallway at Highland Park Middle School.
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She appears to say, “I just walk around the room … (unintelligible) just pick on them. They’re black. And they’re the only (expletive) (n-word) doing any work.”
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As one of the five walked away, the teacher said, “I know. I’m sorry.”
The school district posted a video apology from the school superintendent.
Defenders of the teacher said she was only repeating what someone else said.
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