Rant An African American security guard asked a student to not call him the n-word. That request got him fired

[dawp]

repurposing this from a repost I made about this:

So illegally withholding funds is a thing now?

First we hear about Ukraine... and now we know the truth about Puerto Rico. HUD officials knowingly failed 'to comply with the law,' stalled Puerto Rico hurricane relief funds https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/hud-officials-knowingly-failed-comply-law-stalled-puerto-rico-hurricane-n1068761...

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An African American security guard asked a student to not call him the n-word. That request got him fired | CNN

Marlon Anderson, a security guard at Madison West High School in Wisconsin, was called to help the assistant principal escort a student from school grounds last Wednesday. When the student wouldn't stop using the racial slur toward him, he spoke up.

www.cnn.com

now just because he said n----- while telling kid not to call him that he gets canned, these 0-tolerance rules have got to go, it removes all accountability and thinking on the part of the school administration.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Yeah I saw this. It's bullshit. At least a local group immediately hired him to get him back in part time employment, though that doesn't solve the problem of why he was unjustly fired.

 

[interchange]

If this story is actually as uncomplicated as it is written, then I find this firing horrible.

 

[UglyCasanova]

That magic zero tolerance strikes again. It should be pointed out that the race of the student was never identified. This very well could have been a black kid saying it.

 

[dawp]

That magic zero tolerance strikes again. It should be pointed out that the race of the student was never identified. This very well could have been a black kid saying it.

in a different article stated he was black, can't find it.

 

[PJFrylar]

I live in Madison, local word that I've heard is that not even the students at the school are happy about him being fired. I would certainly hope that the school board review reverses the decision.

 

[sactoking]

Zero Intelligence policies have always been the worst. They are designed to limit the school's legal liabilities, not help kids, parents OR staff.

Hell, I remember a girl in my high school getting expelled for having a butter knife in the trunk of her car because Zero Intelligence called it a weapon, and that was over 20 years ago.

 

[hal2kilo]

repurposing this from a repost I made about this:

So illegally withholding funds is a thing now?

First we hear about Ukraine... and now we know the truth about Puerto Rico. HUD officials knowingly failed 'to comply with the law,' stalled Puerto Rico hurricane relief funds https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/hud-officials-knowingly-failed-comply-law-stalled-puerto-rico-hurricane-n1068761...

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An African American security guard asked a student to not call him the n-word. That request got him fired | CNN

Marlon Anderson, a security guard at Madison West High School in Wisconsin, was called to help the assistant principal escort a student from school grounds last Wednesday. When the student wouldn't stop using the racial slur toward him, he spoke up.

www.cnn.com

now just because he said n----- while telling kid not to call him that he gets canned, these 0-tolerance rules have got to go, it removes all accountability and thinking on the part of the school administration.

Not quid pro quo!Not quid pro quo!Not quid pro quo!...…………………………….

 

[UglyCasanova]

Zero Intelligence policies have always been the worst. They are designed to limit the school's legal liabilities, not help kids, parents OR staff.

Hell, I remember a girl in my high school getting expelled for having a butter knife in the trunk of her car because Zero Intelligence called it a weapon, and that was over 20 years ago.

It seemed like after Columbine that’s when schools really started to go insane with it. My opinion is we should have zero tolerance for zero tolerance.

 

[Lanyap]

That magic zero tolerance strikes again. It should be pointed out that the race of the student was never identified. This very well could have been a black kid saying it.

The student was black. I wonder if he was suspended/expelled.

 

[Thebobo]

has to be more to this?

 

[PJFrylar]

Sounds like he is getting his job back. He is on administrative leave with full pay and benefits while they work on a "transition plan" for his return. They also are saying they will review their policies.

‘I'm blessed': Marlon Anderson happy to have job back, but says fight isn't over

Marlon Anderson, the black security guard fired for using a racial slur when asking a student to not call him that, is excited to get back to work, but says the fight for racial justice isn't over.

www.channel3000.com

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

So wait, is the reason he was fired was for LITERALLY using the n-word? or because he said the term "n-word" ?

I mean, either way it's fucking silly but just trying to understand the argument that the school is saying.

 

[PJFrylar]

So wait, is the reason he was fired was for LITERALLY using the n-word? or because he said the term "n-word" ?

I mean, either way it's fucking silly but just trying to understand the argument that the school is saying.

He used the actual n word. The student used it multiple times and the security guard asked the student not to call him that without saying it multiple times. Then the security guard said something to the effect of "I'm not your n-word, please don't call me that" or something similar to that. He was fired due to a zero tolerance policy that didn't take into account context. It sounds like the school board is taking the correct action of giving him his job back and reviewing the policy.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

"I'm not your n-word, please don't call me that"

Damn, sounds like he didn't even use a hard R and got fired. lol

 

[blackangst1]

If this story is actually as uncomplicated as it is written, then I find this firing horrible.

+1

 

[BurnItDwn]

He got his job back. Was all over the news on 10/22/2019.