Aug
4

What’s Funny About “The Departed”

Leading Out on August 4th, 2008

‘Nigger’ is a word white people don’t get to use. My Year 8 students ask me why: “Black people call each other that all the time, Miss!” I stammer: “There’s connotations—meanings—in that word that suggests ‘hate’, when white people say it to black people.” My students constantly voice their disgust for things by saying, “That’s [...]

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Jul
3

Let’s talk about a little phrase “so gay”

Leading Out on July 3rd, 2008

Is the term “gay” changing, yet again? Is it a homophobic comment? Should teachers, teach students not to say it? Here’s what I’ve found…  

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