LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A Las Vegas substitute teacher caught using a racial slur in a viral video has been fired, according to the Clark County School District.
The incident happened last week at Centennial High School.
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In an email sent to families, the school’s Principal Keith Wipperman said the school’s “number one priority is providing a safe, learning environment for kids.”
The video showed a discussion happening among students standing in front of the classroom. Their substitute teacher stood beside them, and then she cuts them off.
“I want to know. I want to know why, when black people are amongst each other, they call each other n****, and when a white person says it, it’s like ‘oh my God’. It’s like an act of something, what is that?” the substitute teacher said…