That would be even worse, alienating them more from the mainstream.

Perhaps black kids should only be taught by black teachers.

Educating the black child is especially problematic, the western tradition is essentially anti-black and much of it is based upon the exploitation of primitive cultures. That being said literacy, standard speech and thought as well most of the curricula of a good education are not re-inforced in home life or the general community (how many black families sit around the table and discuss literature or take their children to a museum for fun ) the black child has very little in the way of "an inner life" the "life of the mind" is limited to vulgar popular forms of entertainment.

I wouldn't be surprised if the kids made it up. My partner is a public school teacher in Brooklyn and I can't believe the stories she comes home with.

Why would any adult in their right mind use that word a public school? On the flip side, a 14 year old knows what is going to get negative attention for the teacher she may or may not like.

She should have just called them a bunch of losers who will never make it in life and end up on the streets begging for money. That would have gone over much better.

In our guts we KNOW most black kids in predominantly black public schools DO act like N***ers..it's just TABOO to say it publicly, that's why you have all of this missplaced blame on the teachers, administrators etc. This is exactly why there will NEVER be any REAL progress on the issue, you simply can't call a "spade a spade". Signed- Rescued from Public School by Affirmative Action

the point that is being missed is that the N word means ignorant and uneducated so the teacher could have been correct in that statement. But if that is true then the teacher is not doing her job. As someone who's sister and stepmother are both teachers I can understand the Frustration with the unruly children. But if parents don't care or are not involved in the childrens lives you cant expect much from the board of ed.

What is it with these teachers? Can't they use words that aren't strictly from the gutter? What the hell are they teaching those little bastards?

I'm pretty sure Ides knows the concept of a distinct group retaking a word and making it its own

Actually, I don't think Ides gets it. Context does matter.

What's truly lame is when this phenomenon is used to justify the slur. "They" say it (note the generalization there) so I can.

I'm pretty sure Ides knows the concept of a distinct group retaking a word and making it its own, but he just hopes other people don't so he can troll/feel victimized

My mom taught in the city schools and some kid accused her of using the "n word." She never used that word (I don't think she's ever used that word) but she had a hell of a time proving her case, and nearly lost her job over it.

I hope this isn't the case for this teacher.

Go John del- quite right.

If this is to be a topic for discussion, "what is wrong with public schools", we should begin with the alleged inappropriate behavior of ADULTS, who by the way are supposed to be trained in managing the behavior of teenagers, who are often inappropriate regardless of race.

These kids, meaning all teens, listen to every manner of foul word thrown about by Hollywood and politician alike, and teachers should be able to respond without the use of foulness.

If you accept the job, don't complain, be prepared to handle all that comes with it or quit. It's like the window washer who's afraid of heights!

I bet she really said nAggers!

"what ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?"

HAHAHHAHA!!! In the face of allegations of racism against blacks? In this town? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

you've got it pierre. gothamist runs these article's PURELY for the clicks & $$$. Nothing is ever gained in these posts excepts people taking the opportunity to vent anonymously like idiots. It serves its purpose for all involved, me and you included.

@ pierrevonbaron: We do our best to moderate, unpublish and ban bigoted comments. You may not be aware of this because many of them are deleted from the comment thread, and others appear before we can get to them. Trying to keep up with the hate is like trying to drink from a fire hydrant, or rather trying to spit out a geyser of toxic swill. We get a huge volume of comments, so we do appreciate it when people report offensive comments, which can be done by clicking "report this." And who will be the first clever monkey to report this comment?

Ides is a douche. We know this.

>> "See, this teacher is obviously calm and well-mannered!"

to be fair, if I were having my name tossed about the press as a racist, using hate language against kids, i'd be pretty pissed off too. >>

Yes but it shows that he's kind of a hothead.

but WERE THEY? its not slander if its true and i don't know if any of you guys have ever been to a movie theater in a black neighborhood...

Oh Ides, you and your generalizing... it never gets old.

This "leftist" agrees that it's a double standard. Imagine that!

John- posts suchs as this one always incite a fair amount of anonymous bigotry on the message boards. Just curious about how you/the staff feel about allowing people to put out hateful messages, seemingly without repercussion.

Acceptable/desirable under free speech? Inevitable so might as well be here? Worth posting the articles in the first place? Are they newsworthy (or what is your standard for posting--just clicks)?

I'm asking these questions genuinely--I don't have a preconceived notion of what the "right" answers are.