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White High School Teacher Placed on Leave for Using Racial Slur…During Lesson on Racism, Derogatory Terms

White High School Teacher Placed on Leave for Using Racial Slur…During Lesson on Racism, Derogatory Terms

A student complained about having to hear the word.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) -- A Newport News, Virginia, high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave after using a racial epithet while discussing the use of derogatory names.

Multiple media outlets report that Heritage High School teacher Lynne Pierce, who is white, was holding a classroom conversation during an Advanced Placement history class last week in which the students were discussing racism and derogatory terms.

Pierce says a student asked her why some people object to the Washington Redskins football team's name. She responded by comparing the name to a hypothetical sports team's name, using a racial slur that refers to blacks.

Pierce says a student complained and she was placed on leave by school administrators after the school day ended.

Newport News Public Schools spokeswoman Michelle Price said in a statement that officials are investigating the matter.

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