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  Looking the other way on some hate speech
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Last EditedSC Moose  May 17, 2007 10:21am
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MediaNewspaper - The State
News DateThursday, May 17, 2007 04:20:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionIn a new twist in American race relations, a federal court has ruled that a white teacher in a predominantly African-American school was subjected to a racially hostile workplace.

The case concerned Elizabeth Kandrac, who was routinely verbally abused by black students at Brentwood Middle School in North Charleston. Their slurs make shock jock Don Imus look like a church deacon.

Nevertheless, despite frequent complaints, school officials did nothing to intervene on Kandrac’s behalf, arguing that the racially charged profanity was simply part of the students’ culture. If Kandrac couldn’t handle cursing, school officials told her, she was in the wrong school.
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