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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Graeme Massie

Indiana school says it will continue to use ‘n-word’ in history lessons

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An Indiana school has defended one of its teachers using the “n-word” in a history lesson about slavery and the Civil War.

Some parents at Trinity Lutheran Church and School in Hobart, a outer suburb of Chicago, say they are unhappy that the racial slur was used, even in its historical context, in front of sixth and seventh-grade students.

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