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What To Do When The N-Word Just Slips Out

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What to do if you happen to use the n-word during a board meeting? Resign, I guess. (R.I. School Official Resigns After Slur AP). Meanwhile, educators in New Mexico found out they won't get in trouble from the feds for a high school racism project that labeled water fountains "Whites Only" and, quaintly, "People Of Color". See: No sanctions for mock-segregation project MSNBC.

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I'm surprised you missed an opportunity for a clever title with the NM piece- Truth or Consequences school district, that's just too easy!

ok, i'll bite --
what should that clever title have been, michelle? i'm all ears.

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