Child being taught racist words at school

[NisekoWhistler]

My 7 year old has come home very upset this evening from after school club which is provided at my son's school. He was told by a 10 year old boy to call the teacher the n word, I'm utterly astounded and of course my son is upset to have got a telling off as he didn't know it was a bad word.

Obviously the lesson for my son here is don't do what older boys tell you to do and he never uses that word ever.

Would I be unreasonable to raise this with the school and the care provider? Am I being precious?

You can raise it, but at most the school/ provider will tell all children it's not acceptable and things will quickly move on. Unfortunately this is something that is probably more on the parents

My son was taught the Nazi salute at school by an older boy. Thankfully another older boy told him it was bad and they both went to tell the teacher. We’ve had a good talk about why it’s so bad, and not to trust the older kids if they tell you to do something (or check with a teacher first). I think the school handled it well, based on what I heard from my 7-year-old.

I’d maybe speak to them anyway, and ask that they keep an eye on the interactions with that child. It’s also good if they know it didn’t come from home.