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Security Guard Asks Student to Stop Calling Him N-word, Gets Fired for Saying It
Source: Newsweek
SECURITY GUARD ASKS STUDENT TO STOP CALLING HIM N-WORD, GETS FIRED FOR SAYING IT
BY BRENDAN COLE ON 10/18/19 AT 7:26 AM EDT
A black former employee at a high school in Wisconsin is arguing that context is everything after he was fired for using the N-word to stop an unruly student from calling him the racist epithet.
Marlon Anderson had worked for three years as a security guard at West High School in Madison, and in the school district for 11 years. Tempers frayed during a confrontation with a student whom he was trying to calm and get to leave the school.
Anderson said that the student started to curse at him and used the N-word repeatedly. To emphasize how unacceptable this was, Anderson used the word in response.
He said "Don't call me that, don't call me the n-word, and don't call me n*****," using the word.
Anderson told the Wisconsin State Journal that he had been set up by the assistant principal who held up her radio to his face during the altercation for other staff to hear.
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BY BRENDAN COLE ON 10/18/19 AT 7:26 AM EDT
A black former employee at a high school in Wisconsin is arguing that context is everything after he was fired for using the N-word to stop an unruly student from calling him the racist epithet.
Marlon Anderson had worked for three years as a security guard at West High School in Madison, and in the school district for 11 years. Tempers frayed during a confrontation with a student whom he was trying to calm and get to leave the school.
Anderson said that the student started to curse at him and used the N-word repeatedly. To emphasize how unacceptable this was, Anderson used the word in response.
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He said "Don't call me that, don't call me the n-word, and don't call me n*****," using the word.
Anderson told the Wisconsin State Journal that he had been set up by the assistant principal who held up her radio to his face during the altercation for other staff to hear.
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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/racism-madison-high-school-teacher-fired-n-word-1466175
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Related: Black West High staffer says he was fired for admonishing student who called him the N-word (Wisconsin State Journal)
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... this does not seem like an unreasonable request.
