According to students, the class was reading a Mark Twain novel when someone asked the teacher about the spelling of the N-word.
"The teacher got in front of the class and she was saying that the word is just an English word and everybody can say it if she wants to, it's in the dictionary, and people are oversensitive over the word," said the student who shot the video on her phone. She did not want to be identified. "She was trying to force him to say the word and she repeatedly kept saying it and she had a smirk on her face," recalled the student, who's African American. "I was just thinking, 'Dang, this teacher is out of her mind.'""Not acceptable," said Caroline Rivera, a mother who has two students enrolled at the school. In her opinion, the teacher needs to be disciplined.
Eyewitness News contacted the teacher on Wednesday, but she said she did not want to comment on the video.
the extra and over the top reactions from everyone under this tweet, no matter skin color, congrats, this news story baited you as hard as those kids baited their teacher
If it wasn't for Black activists, the immigration act of 1965 would've never gotten passed, and this is the thanks we get?
I LOVE this teacher!!! She’s bravely pointing out that it is just a word. It has no magical powers. Anyone can say it. The word is not an excuse for those w/ a lack of self esteem & no impulse control to become violent. The word is not a get out of jail free card.
Iam Hispanic ,I’ve heard Black people being revista against Hispanics…..So if you’re going to give. You’re going to receive
This type of behavior happens all across Amerikkka! Entitled privilege white kids coming to destroy our Kids!!
It’s a WORD which happens to be a slur! Regardless of it being said, the INTENTION should be what matters. Not from who’s mouth it comes from…it’s a WORD. Ppl need to get a grip and stop all this bs. All racial slurs are WORDS and only the intention when said should matter! 😑
The teacher was baited by someone who probably doesn't have a problem Rapping to songs that use the same words endlessly!
The students trolled her and she fell for it hook line and sinker
We hear about people saying the N Word more than we hear about record breaking black violence.
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Well wtf is she supposed to do? These ratchet ass kids wanna start shit and then blame it all on the teacher.
Did the teacher be expelled or not?
I’m 25% BLACK doesn’t mean I got to stand behind some bullshit where a snout mother fuck can gang bang on me if I say a word they deserved to be called PERIOD! They ACT how they ARE!!!!
The kids knew what they were doing. Does it make it right what the teacher was doing? No but the kids aren’t that innocent either
The teacher needs to be let go. Maybe she comes from Tennessee
Stop silencing conservative voices!
The RACIST teacher needs to be fired NOW! She's clearly enjoying making that student squirm. What is wrong with her?! This is on you ⬇️ Miki R. Inbody, Superintendent SequoiaMiddleSchool, Fontana CA Sequoia_Eagles FontanaUnified (909) 357-7600 Ext. 29109 miki.inbodyfusd.net
It’s called teaching!
Being criticized? How ‘bout being out of a job-?
Great now Mark Twain is going to be removed from the schools…
They can call it a setup if they want. She was saying nigga like it made her teeth whiter...
Not show her face but the bracelets yes 👍😂🤣
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A racist multiracial person who speaks Spanish. Fire her. What is her name?
Wow, Fontana. Not shocked at all.
Well. It was literature of it time.
Asked about the spelling? This is a total setup
Making news for saying a word is crazy
Yall better put respect on your forefathers name
Sequoia_Eagles this was enough to make a student uncomfortable. I really hope you take action and assure your students are learning in a safe environment.
They kept that book but took away Rosa Park books. This is how you know racism is alive and well.
Well, she lost her job
These kid’s know exactly what they’re doing!!! That’s called: Entrapment! Stop with the hypocrisy of who’s allowed to say it and who’s not! You hear it, read it, listen to it, on music, books, movie’s, and black peoples should not be allowed to be saying it either!
I hope she loses her license to teach. This is unacceptable.
It is more about taunting than teaching!
We are doomed
Meh. Black folks couldn’t link up for BLM & incorporate real change. Then started niggin, attacking Asians, etc & further hurting our image. We don’t own no banks, schools, grocery stores, real estate etc. Yet we acted like we do. Racism will quadruple back, plus this is LA 😂
She needs to be fired!! Even if it was in the text book it the way she handled it with sarcasm !!
Yet that would word in 80% of rap crap 🙄
Leave it to Fontana school district to not do SHIT
The teacher went way too far.
Cry babies 😂
Anything for distraction 🤨 LAYOFFS UP 500%🤫
Isn’t that asking to “whitewash” history? Just trying to understand “woke rules for white people.”
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So the problem is that a teacher was saying the word that the students were all reading in their books as part of the curriculum out loud. How do we expect to make it as a species?
Fired…
Shame on you !!!!! Why make this a news story Leave this teachers alone , are you trying to ruin her career!!!! Your so pathetic
So, they blamed it on the novel? Like, I can read Agatha Christie and start speaking with an English accent and solving crimes. Bad behavior through osmosis of literary content. That explains so much in today's world. I read horror novels, BTW.
what did she say
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During the late 18th and early 19th century, the word 'nigger' also described an actual labor category, which African American laborers adopted for themselves as a social identity,
She broke. Teaching preteens/teens is extremely hard. Too many are extremely disrespectful. Many teachers are leaving classroom for this reason. She should not have said it’s just a word and people are just overly sensitive. I’d discipline her for that statement if said.
Those kids act like they don't use the word. They probably use it towards eachother in the class.
This punk student egged her on just to test her and she reacted. You would’ve criticized her either way, no matter which way she answered.
It’s in the book. Deal with it.
Having racist teachers sucks, they never give you the grade you deserve but will give the dumb white girl who didn’t even try an A.. seeing this still going on brings back PTSD
It’s much more unsettling watching this wicked person tormenting a kid to say something he obviously was uncomfortable with!
The teacher and the student aren't the same race ? 😂
Nothing wrong here.
There is a reason they call Fontana, Fontucky by ppl that live in the IE. 👀
LoL. We are the “minority” minority in CA and soon the US. We’ve allowed people to shit on us and then play into their stereotypes. Until we change it, $h!t, wipe and $h!t again 💪🏽👊🏽
Well, people are too sensitive now, especially in social media. There's a lot of bleep you can't type or say anymore.
Trump’s white america Is normalizing this behavior unfortunately
Oh, cry me a fucking river. People get triggered for just about anything now and days, including old literature. Fuck your feelings and move on.
I'm surprised California schools still let kids read mark twain...if for no other reason it seems a bit advanced reading for even most high school students. maybe wait until 2nd year of college.
Well after telling the student once or twice the the teacher should of left it alone, and when it comes to the female student making a big deal out of it she was as wrong as the teacher cuz most high school students call each other this word on every day bases! Senseless news!🙄
Wtf
And ?
Close all public schools.
Criticized? What a joke
Let me start by saying the teacher is the wrong. But, why is the student asking how to spell it if it is in the book? Any chance he was trying to be funny for classmates and this was not the first time? The teacher just snapped b/c this has been going on all year? Just guessing
Trash kids these days, Parents are to blame. This Teacher is doing her job, and it would seem that the “smart” kids planned this little stunt. It is a word that is both in literature and history. The sensitivity levels today are beyond measure and out of control. Teacher is right
Lies
Seems like the students provoked her by her reactions.
That teacher is completely correct!
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names WILL NEVER HURT ME. The radical left decided to take this phrase and bury it beyond recovery. This is how we live now.
LoL. We are the minority minority in CA and son the US. We’ve allowed people to shit on us and then play into their stereotypes. Until we change it, $h!t, wipe and $h!t again 💪🏽👊🏽
What a pathetic example of a teacher.
Based.
Why don't they show what happened before she snapped? A lot of these kids are so disrespectful and don't give a phuck about authority. I'm sure she was fed up with him so i ain't mad at her
By this rate there will be no teachers to teach
Un acceptable. Teachers should be trained to avoid those questions instead of adding to the fuel. Her telling the kids to repeat the word himself and smirking while telling him to, is not okay. Could’ve just sent the student out the class.
Trash students. Super sensitive. If the teacher is asked about the word and reacts to it, i see no problem. Either the word is stop being used by everyone or anyone an everyone can use it if they want.
The N word is all over the Mark Twain novel. What’s the issue?
California is crap now! Poor teachers with these garbage kids these days don’t get the credit they deserve. This wasn’t racist or offensive to anyone. He asked her how to spell it, obviously as a class clown, so she ask for him to pronounce it like you have elementary kids do
The teacher is right, overly sensitive kids and people. It's a book, the kids are there to learn, people want to teach transgender BS but get offended by a word. Parents need to learn how to raise their kids tough and not to be snowflakes. I support the teacher.
They were reading a book with that word in literature class. She wasn’t calling anyone that name
Sue the district! That always works
Did she say “YOU asked me how to spell it?” And don’t they have the book right there in front of them, or is she just reading it to middle schoolers? Without cross-examination, we only get one side of the story.
She out of a job! Lol
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