A high school sophomore in Missouri was suspended three days after she recorded her teacher last week using a racist slur in class, prompting the teenager’s lawyer and mother to demand that the district apologize and expunge the suspension from her record.
In part of the video, another student objects to the teacher’s use of the word, and he responds: “I’m not calling anyone a n----r. I can say the word.”The teacher is no longer employed with the school system, Springfield Public Schools said. The student was suspended, Hull said, under a policy that prohibits students from recording faculty members unless they get consent.
Hull said the teenager is also concerned about potential backlash she may get when she returns to class after the suspension. “Much speculation has occurred regarding student discipline related to a video recording of the unacceptable classroom incident,” Hall said. “Student discipline is confidential, per federal law, and Springfield Public Schools cannot disclose specifics related to actions taken.
Walton’s mother, Kate Welborn, 44, said Tuesday her daughter's decision to record was morally correct.