The Review-Journal today ran an article that, unfortunately, strikes a chord with too many Southern Nevada public school teachers. "No one got upset when this woman was called a 'ho'" was the R-J's headline. Actually, the teacher -- after much abuse -- did get upset, but the administrators did not, and told her to "get over it": it was just the "students' culture," they said. In truth, it was also the culture of what candidly are, often, essentially depraved administrators.
The Black and White of 'Ho' Culture
By Kathleen Parker
The Washington Post Writers Group
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- In 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.
