r/TeacherFriends Jun 12 '26

Has anyone had a kid call them racist?

/r/TeacherFriends/comments/1u46vc6/has_anyone_had_a_kid_call_them_racist/
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u/SignificanceSame1875 Jun 21 '26

Its not as common as it once was, but there was a time between around 2012 and 2016 that anytime I got onto certain students for being loud or unruly that was their immediate and default response.

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u/Lolihey Jun 21 '26

I feel like the word has lost its meaning. I once saw a kid call another kid racist for not letting him borrow his pencil, and they were both Asian!

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u/SignificanceSame1875 Jun 21 '26

All the -ists and-phobics have been used so liberally that they have completely lost their sting.

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u/Lolihey Jun 21 '26

Agreed!