Anybody ever have a racist teacher? I’ve had teachers that I know for a fact were racist. From...

33person · 26-30, M

I had one teacher who kept telling us about how she used to say the word (n-word) and she'd talk about it and actually say the word when talking about it and then seem surprised when we were all uncomfortable. And then she told us stories about how a certain side of the family was coming over and they were Japanese, and she said she asked when the (Japanese slur) were coming over. And she told us she got in trouble for saying that, as if we'd be surprised that people were offended by that.
And she continued to say a variety of ignorant things like that. You could just call it anti-political-correctness, but honestly, she just seemed poorly adjusted to changing demographics and norms. I don't think she'd actively mistreat a person of colour, but I could see her being generally insensitive to issues that affect people of colour in ways she doesn't understand.

bijouxbroussard · F

Yes. I integrated my Catholic school. One of the lay teachers actually asked me once (though I’m guessing it was rhetorical), "why do you people insist on going where you’re [b]not[/b] wanted ?"
It was 1966, I was 6.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

Yes, but they probably wouldn't have recognised it then or now. This was back in the 1990s and teachers regularly made fun of the names of the Hong Kong and Nepalese girls (I was in a school for military families).

exexec · 61-69, C

Growing up in the deep South when the civil rights movement was causing lots of division, most of my teachers were racist. That's the way they were raised.

smiler2012 · 56-60

{@rememberep] no we never they found other ways to be vindictive towards us . but i am sorry to here you went through that . there is never any excuse for racism and a teacher with that sort of opinion should not be teaching .

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

Sexist yes. Not racist. He harassed all girls equally. 😔

canusernamebemyusername · M

Yes but it is okay cause they were good Christians. 🙄

Adaydreambeliever · 56-60, F

I never noticed any, perhaps I was blind/deaf, that may be the case but it was an era where we were taught everyone is valued and valuable [/center][/center]

Jeffrey53 · 51-55, M

Yes I had a teacher that said stuff to me he shouldn’t have. I’ve tried to get out of that class but couldn’t. I was stuck in that class my entire 4th grade

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

Oh yeah, loads. I went to a conservative protestant Afrikaans school. I was on the receiving end of it too (I'm half Mexican, yes in South Africa, it's a long story).

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

Most of mine were socialist. I haven't forgotten them.

soar2newhighs

No but had a few who liked the bottle a bit too much.

empanadas · 31-35, M

Yes a few, California is not as open as people would like to make it seem. One of my closest friends was chased by a group of white teenagers calling him a monkey.

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