An open letter urges Teesside teachers not to read a racist term in two classic texts out loud.
Anti-racist educator Marsha Garratt says the term "impacts on pupils' sense of safety"
She said two young people of African heritage told her about the separate incidents and how they challenged the teachers, saying the word was racist."In both cases the teachers said it wasn't racist because they were using it from a text and because of the situation", Ms Garratt said. "We're not targeting particular schools, we're asking all schools not to say the word out loud in a lesson.
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