09-28-2015, 01:38 PM
This is where the ultra-liberal PC crowd really pisses me off.
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^ Ms. Pierce, 64, who has been teaching social studies for 40 years, was holding a classroom conversation during an Advanced Placement history class September 18 in which the students were talking about racism and offensive epithets. One of the students asked a question about why some Native Americans might be offended by The Redskins name.
Pierce, whose students at Newport News Public School in Virginia are mostly black, said 'what would you think if someone started a team called the Newport News Niggers?'
Apparently one student found that offensive, cried to the principal, and Pierce was put on leave. Jesus Christ. She wasn't advocating the use of the word, she was just using it as an example of words that can offend groups of people.
Not everyone agrees with the offended student and the principal though. Juslena Williams, a 2011 graduate of Heritage High, launched a petition on GoPetition.com calling on the school to reinstate Ms Pierce.
‘Ms. Pierce did nothing wrong. She is a history teacher, she cannot be censored for teaching terms and beliefs that people had throughout history,’ Ms Williams, who is black, wrote in her plea. She said Ms. Pierce was one of the best teachers around.
Upon the completion of the internal investigation, administrators will determine if Pierce will face disciplinary action or be allowed to return to work.
I hope this teacher is allowed to return to her job. In the meantime, her students are being taught by different substitutes and said to be falling behind. Context matters -- if Pierce had called one of her students a nigger, it would be a problem. But, that's not what she did and I think it's bullshit that she was placed on leave at all, given the context of her remark.
^ Ms. Pierce, 64, who has been teaching social studies for 40 years, was holding a classroom conversation during an Advanced Placement history class September 18 in which the students were talking about racism and offensive epithets. One of the students asked a question about why some Native Americans might be offended by The Redskins name.
Pierce, whose students at Newport News Public School in Virginia are mostly black, said 'what would you think if someone started a team called the Newport News Niggers?'
Apparently one student found that offensive, cried to the principal, and Pierce was put on leave. Jesus Christ. She wasn't advocating the use of the word, she was just using it as an example of words that can offend groups of people.
Not everyone agrees with the offended student and the principal though. Juslena Williams, a 2011 graduate of Heritage High, launched a petition on GoPetition.com calling on the school to reinstate Ms Pierce.
‘Ms. Pierce did nothing wrong. She is a history teacher, she cannot be censored for teaching terms and beliefs that people had throughout history,’ Ms Williams, who is black, wrote in her plea. She said Ms. Pierce was one of the best teachers around.
Upon the completion of the internal investigation, administrators will determine if Pierce will face disciplinary action or be allowed to return to work.
I hope this teacher is allowed to return to her job. In the meantime, her students are being taught by different substitutes and said to be falling behind. Context matters -- if Pierce had called one of her students a nigger, it would be a problem. But, that's not what she did and I think it's bullshit that she was placed on leave at all, given the context of her remark.