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A Catholic school in Chicago has fired a history teacher after she used a racial slur for Black people repeatedly during a class discussion on sports teams with racist names
A longtime teacher at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School on Chicago's Southwest Side was fired Monday after using the N-word in a history class discussion regarding Native American cultures.
DeVoto, a teacher of 41 years, was discussing why the former name of the Washington Football Team was offensive to indigenous people, telling students the term was just as bad as the N-word — saying the full word.