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The same little girl that heard my son ask why the Batman costume had nipples on it and told the teacher he said "tit's" getting him suspended from all field trips under the public schools no tolerance policy accused him yesterday of calling her a "negro" when he said "Oh Nibbletts" a phrase he uses often in frustration. He has been suspended again and I am going to the school board. She called him the "white boy" when he is obviously Caucasian.
I have a French American friend of dark skin color who takes offense to being called an African American when his family is multiple generation french as many from the New Orleans and Louisiana area are. Other than American I don't want my son referred to as any thing other than Caucasian now Espically when the years I lived in the south Negro was the preferred term to be used.
Of course this school also has a bus with a sign in the window that states "Black" and no Caucasian children ride on it. (for routing purposes I know)
Am I taking "No tolerance" too far as well.
I have a French American friend of dark skin color who takes offense to being called an African American when his family is multiple generation french as many from the New Orleans and Louisiana area are. Other than American I don't want my son referred to as any thing other than Caucasian now Espically when the years I lived in the south Negro was the preferred term to be used.
Of course this school also has a bus with a sign in the window that states "Black" and no Caucasian children ride on it. (for routing purposes I know)
Am I taking "No tolerance" too far as well.
now, she has a friend who just happens to be hispanic who is called taco head and kids tease her asking if they could have a burrito for lunch and many other things. nothing is done about it because her parents are too frightened of retaliation because she is the only hispanic student in the school. she is a great kid, very very intelligent and popular, she just lets it roll off her back. i would be on that board immediately, but her parents are afraid of discrimination. it truly is a shame that she has to endure this.
From the OP it looks like her child didn't call the other kid a racial slur- the kid said nibblets.
I dont think there is anything wrong in having boundaries for our own behavior and that which we expect from others. I definately dont see anything wrong in wanting to protect my kid from unwarranted and unnecessary punishment because some other child lied to get attention. This isnt as much a racial argument as it is a justice issue.
Stop taking it personally................................................Hugs
concur totally with gemi and shelly