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By Victor Omondi Mary DeVoto, a 41-year teaching veteran, was talking about Native American history with high school students at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School when the N-word slipped into the conversation. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, on Jan. 28, DeVoto’s World History class was discussing racist sports team names when she explained why […]

The educator says she was trying to demonstrate how offensive the former name of the Washington Football Team is by using the racial slur.

The educator says she was trying to demonstrate how offensive the former name of the Washington Football Team is by using the racial slur.

The educator says she was trying to demonstrate how offensive the former name of the Washington Football Team is by using the racial slur.

The educator says she was trying to demonstrate how offensive the former name of the Washington Football Team is by using the racial slur.

<p>As history teachers struggle with how to handle racist slurs in primary sources, an unexpected remark from a ballplayer in 1938 illustrates that this struggle isn't new. Columnist Neil Steinberg asks if making words unspeakable blows up in the faces of teachers more often than bigots.</p>

A Chicago Catholic school has fired a history teacher after she repeatedly used a racial slur for Black people during a class discussion on sports team names and in a

The teacher was discussing the controversy behind the former name of the Washington Commanders, saying it was just as bad as the N-word before using it herself.

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago Catholic school has fired a history teacher after she repeatedly used a racial slur for Black people during a class discussion on sports team names and in a meeting with administrators.

A student recorded the lecture, which circulated on social media. The school moved to suspend Mary DeVoto and later terminated her position.