A white history and African-American studies teacher has been fired for using the N-word multiple times in his high school classes, which consist mostly of black students, the Kansas City Star reported.
Students and alumni from University Academy — a pre-K-12 college-prep charter school in Kansas City — raised concerns about the teacher, Johnny Wolfe, the Star said.
University Academy consists of about 1,100 students, the paper said, 96% of whom are students of color — and most of them are black.
Students at the upper school took videos and voice recordings while confronting Wolfe about his use of the slur, which were later posted by KC Defender, a black nonprofit community media platform, the Star reported.
In one video, the teacher can be heard saying, “Just like African-Americans call themselves n*****. So, there will maybe be people who don’t like that, but it was said in an educational context, and it was said for the purpose of talking about empowerment. So, you can like it, not like it, be upset about it all you like, but ultimately this is a ridiculous conversation.”
In another video, the teacher can be heard saying, “I appreciate the point of view. I actually said in the last class, I probably shouldn’t have said it. That said … it was said in an educational context. We cannot police other people’s speech, people. We can’t do it.”
White targeting isn’t new
Reverse Discrimination !!!!! Blacks say it all the time & think it is cool !!!! They never punished !!!
White teacher should SUE !!!!!!
Until they stop using it – there should be no consequences of anyone using it!
Free speech!
He said NICE and the class got offended. Damn.
(snicker snicker!)
Throw out Affirmative Action & the RACE Card !!!! Then have Free Speech Again !!!!
While he was attempting to make several points, common sense should have told him that the use of this word would bring trouble for him. Not very smart at all.