White student trying to get black teacher fired for using the N-word

I don’t know if anyone else is seeing this in the news but I am appalled beyond words. <br><br>There is a story out of Florida where a student is trying to get a teacher fired because he used the N-word. The teacher, who is black, was teaching Toni Morrison’s *Beloved*, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and used the word in the context of discussing the book. The word was not directed at any student. <br><br>The student went to administration and the boy’s parents are calling for the teacher to be fired.<br><br>I have so many problems with this. First of all, using the N-word in the context of a classroom discussion is entirely fine in my opinion, if the student was using a racial slur at a student there would be an issue. In this case, the word was used appropriately. This also just further proves you can’t say *anything* without offending someone. I don’t know what the solution is but I know any discussion of race, even read out of a textbook, is ripe for being fired or being called a bigot. <br><br>I also have a huge problem with the student and parents being snowflakes who can’t handle even a discussion of racial slurs in the classroom. I don’t really even know what to say, it’s just really offensive.<br><br>Lastly, I think this is a slippery slope. If a teacher can be fired for saying a racial slur in the classroom, can a teacher be fired for teaching a book with slurs? Can a teacher be fired for discussing the N-word itself?<br><br>This just makes me so angry and I don’t know what to even say. I’m going to have to police myself more even though I think I’m being perfectly reasonable and in no way a bigot. <br><br>Also, this wasn’t in an English class, this was in an art class. Apparently the teacher was discussing the book in the context of art.<br><br>Edit: I should’ve made it clearer, the student was white and the teacher was black.