Child Y, age 10 yesterday got into some trouble in the schoolyard, another boy was squaring up to him, surrounded by a bunch of children, Y loses his temper and shouts in anger, the N word.
This is heard by a TA and reported.
The deputy head deals with the situation, Y gets a missed play, letter and phone call home. Deputy head asks Y if there were any black children there, he says yes and names a child X who is asian (not the boy who was squaring up to him who is white)
Child X is then brought out of class and Y is asked to apologise to him, which he does.
Child X was a bystander, along with a lot of other children
I am horrified that my son (child Y) would use this language. On discussing it with him I am sure that he did not know the meaning or offensiveness of the word and that it was not said with racist intent. (he does now!)
I understand and agree that this behaviour and language needs to be nipped in the bud and not tolerated.
I am worried that asking DS to apologise to a child who was (alongside many other children) standing by has made a child (X) who'd possibly never experienced racism think that they had in this situation.
I'd be really interested to hear opinions please - not of the language use in the first place - I am horrified enough already about that - but in the schools subsequent actions
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Racist language in the schoolyard
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cakesandchocolate · 14/10/2016 11:46
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