Sacramento teacher out of the classroom after using racial slur Share Updated: 6:30 PM PDT Jun 30, 2021 Share Updated: 6:30 PM PDT Jun 30, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript BRANDI CUMMINGS TALKED TO A STENTUD IN THE CLASS. >> WHEN I HEARD IT I WAS SHOCKED. BRANDI: FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS TO PARENTS. IN THE SACRAMENTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT. >> I WAS APPALLED AND DEEPLY CONCERNED. BRANDI: ALL REACTIN TOG COMMENTS WERE TOO -- RECORDED BY A STUDENT AT A SEVENTH GRADE SPANISH CLASS. ON TUESDAY, JUNE 8, WHEN WEEK BEFORE THE END OF SCHOOL, A TEACRHE SAID THE F WORD IS SOMETHING WHERE HER CONSTANTLY. IT USED TO BE A NASTY, LYUG WORD, NOW IT’S LIKE THE WORD LENGTH, WHICH EVERYONE SAYS, OR BLANK, WHICH USED TO BE A HORRIBLE UGLY WORD AS WELL, IT’S JUST NOT ANYMORE SOMEHOW. >> I CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT OUR YOUNG PPLEOE ARE GOING THROUGH, ESPECIALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM WNHE SHE JUST SO FLUENTLY SAID THE N-WORD AND TRIED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. WORDS HAVE POWER, AS WE KNOW. IN THE HISTORY BEHIND THE N-WORD WHETHER IT’S THE GA OETHR ER IS STILL DETRIMENTAL. >> ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOT WANTOT AR ON CAMERA FOR FEAR OF BACKLASH, SHE SPOKE TO ME OVER THE PHONE AND WASN I THE CLASSROOM. SHE SAID THE TEACHER APOLOGIZED ONE WEEK AFTER THE INCIDENT ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. >> I FEEL LIKE MY SCHOOL TRIED TO SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG. >> THE TEACHERS I NO LONGER IN THE CLASSROOM AS SCHOOL LEADERS INVESTIGATE THIS AND POTENTIALLY OTHER INCIDENTS. >> IT IS CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THATE W WILL EVER CONDONE. NO MATTER WHAT CONTEXT IT WAS PUT UNDER. THE IDEA THAT A RACIAL SLUR IS SOMEHOW OK TAYOD IS NOT A POSITION WE SHARE OR WILL LETORATE AT SAC CITY UNIFIED. WHICH IS WHY IT’S A SERIOUS MATTER. BRDIAN: PARENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WANT THE TEACHER FIRED. CORKS NOT BLACK AND NOT A MINORITY. USUALLY THESE TERMS ARE AN ABSOLUTE PROBLEM AND IT’S NOT SOMETHING I WANT EDUTICANG MY CHILD. CORKS THE SUPERINTENDENT SDAI RA CIAL BIAS TRAINING IS UNDERWAY DISTRICTWIDE, WITH THE GOAL OF PREVENTING INCIDENTS LIKE THIS OMFR HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. I’M BRANDI CUMMINGS. BRIAN: KCRA3AS H LEARNED THAT THE PRINCIPAL RESIGNED LAST WEEK. IN HIS LETTER TO FAMILIES HE SAID HE ACCEPTED A POSIT