“Back then you would be considered N*ggers” Chicago teacher tells Jamaican students (Video)
A substitute teacher in a Chicago suburb has been relieved of further teaching duties for using a racial slur when speaking to a group of Jamaican students.
According to a report by NBC Chicago, four 13-year-old students at Jay Stream Middle School in Carol Stream say they were in a social studies class working on a project about the Cold War last Wednesday when a substitute teacher approached them and called them “African American.” But what she allegedly said after that brought some of the students to tears.
“All four of us that were sitting there got offended because none of us are from Africa. I’m Jamaican. So we said, ‘Can you please not call us that?” said student Mea Thompson. “She continued to call us that and said, ‘It’s the politically correct term.’ Then she said, ‘Well, back then you guys would be considered the N-word.”
The students said they were appalled to hear the teacher use the racial slur in the classroom.
“We were so shocked and we were like, ‘What? Excuse me?'” said Thompson. “She was like, ‘Well, back then that’s what African Americans were called.'”
The students said the teacher used the slur repeatedly over the 80-minute class period, also referring to them as slaves. One student threw down her books and others started crying, the students claim.
“I just want people to know how much it affected us and I don’t want this to happen to anybody else,” said student Zaria Daniel.
Smh some of these person are still racists
As Americans we are free to associate yourselves with any culture or belief systems we wish. We can call ourselves Martians if we wish, but we do NOT have the right to assume that other peoples do not strongly identify themselves with their country and do not have national pride. Jamaica may be a very small country but every Jamaican is made to believe in their culture and have very strong cultural pride. I, for one, is an American of Jamaican heritage. Africa is a continent (NOT a country or culture). Why do some people find that so hard to… Read more »
Which is why I’m so appalled that our own people are labelling themselves as such in their songs and their everyday contact with each other. why degrade yourselves? Why not rise above it and live for what our ancestors bled and died for?
Wonder what the teacher was called back then seems angry but can’t do a darn thing about it
sounds like the natives are revolting…..oops the N word again…..I wonder if these same people refer to us as ” whites “..etc……PC gone mad…get over yourselves FFS….x
And to think some of us used to think parents that home-schooled their children were crazy. All along, we were the ones being brainwashed. She should never be permitted to teach again. There are many acceptable ways to teach our children about the horrific slavery era, but this is not one of them. I hope these two young girls don’t judge many based on the ignorance of a few.
That wonderful day when the earth self destruct 🙂
Racism Is alive and well. Don’t be fooled.
As Americans we are free to associate yourselves with any culture or belief systems we wish. We can call ourselves Martians if we wish, but we do NOT have the right to assume that other peoples do not strongly identify themselves with their country and do not have national pride. Jamaica may be a very small country but every Jamaican is made to believe in their culture and have very strong cultural pride. I, for one, am an American of Jamaican heritage. Africa is a continent (NOT a country or culture). Why do some people find that so hard to… Read more »
Which is why I’m so appalled that our own people are labelling themselves as such in their songs and their everyday contact with each other. why degrade yourselves? Why not rise above it and live for what our ancestors bled and died for?
And to think some of us used to think parents that home-schooled their children were crazy. All along, we were the ones being brainwashed. She should never be permitted to teach again. There are many acceptable ways to teach our children about the horrific slavery era, but this is not one of them. I hope these two young girls don’t judge many based on the ignorance of a few.
Smh some of these person are still racists
sounds like the natives are revolting…..oops the N word again…..I wonder if these same people refer to us as ” whites “..etc……PC gone mad…get over yourselves FFS….x
Racism Is alive and well. Don’t be fooled.
Wonder what the teacher was called back then seems angry but can’t do a darn thing about it
That wonderful day when the earth self destruct 🙂