Classmate X makes some racist marks about Person A, can he/she sue classmate X?\n\nSay this is in a classroom setting, they are classmates.. ok for example, it's ok with person A but then he/she has had enough of Classmate X calling him/her names such as the N word..\n\ncan Person A sue Classmate X?
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Most schools have code of conduct for its students.  He could be in violation of the code of conduct and be subject to penalties including expulsion from the school.  You may also seek an injunction against harassment from the courts on the grounds of the habitual harassment from the classmate if you are in college and not high school.
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First of all, Blackscythe has been reported for abuse.  You don't threaten people over the internet, or in real life, unless you are a fearful little jerk with no sympathy, no compassion, and no human feeling.  And if you're like that, you're not much of a human, and you're certainly no man.\n\nI'm 38, a teacher in junior high school -- which by the way is NOT a cesspool whatsoever.  We have programs in place here, and more and more schools are everywhere, that target, define and help stamp out bullying.  Teachers are trained in the overt and covert forms of it, and are given practical advice on how to combat it. \n\nThat said, I was bullied when I was in elementary, middle, junior high and high school for a variety of reasons.  No one ever made me cry; no one ever broke my spirit.  They just made me stronger and unbreakable, thus doing the exact opposite of what they intended.  I was bullied for my weight, for being a smart girl, for not bothering to hide my brains.  Whatever.  When people bully, it says a lot more about them and their insecurities than it ever does about me and my talents.\n\nRecently, a weird, dysfunctional man in my neighborhood tried to bully me about public parking.  He wanted to "save" public parking places, and I wasn't about to put up with that.  He banged on my car window, and I just looked the other way and very slowly and calmly got my stuff together, hoping that my total lack of reaction would piss him off and throw him off guard -- of course it worked.  He tried to curse at me, and he got up in my space threateningly.  So, I got up in his space, took two steps forward to his one, and screamed and yelled and cursed louder and longer, with more force, more vehemence and more style.  I got up in his face.  I gave it right back with double strength.  And this macho Hispanic dude literally backed away from me, running, with his palms up, submissively.  And of course since that one time that I stood up to him, he has not bothered me since, and I've gained his respect.  He knows not to mess with me, because I don't take it at all whatsoever.\n\nAnd that was what I did to everyone who tried to bully me: I stood up to them, looked them in the eye, and NAMED THEIR BEHAVIOR, framing it in the rudest, most pathetic, disparaging terms I could, to make me look completely innocent and them look like bumbling, fumbling, incompetent, obnoxious morons -- which they were.  Every time, since childhood, these bullies slunk away and I never had another problem.  I felt massively relieved and rewarded.  There is great, great value in having a sharp tongue.  It's because of my sharp tongue and slice-and-dice vocabulary that I've never been in a physical fight in my life; I could just insult the h-e-l-l out of you so that you slunk away in shame.  In a way I realize that what I did bordered on or was verbal abuse right back... but it stopped the attack on me, and there was no other problems were had.\n\nSo, stand up.  Look the person in the eye.  Name their behavior.  Be aware that bullies are always, always cowards.  And once you stand up to these cowards, they always, always back down.  Bullies are scared and insecure, and that weakness can be exploited and preyed upon.  Whatever they are attacking YOU for, that is what they hate and cannot accept in their own selves.  Turn it back on them.  Watch them squirm.  And watch them RUN away.  This is called guerilla psychological warfare.\n\nSo, from an overweight girl who never took s-h-i-t from anyone, I became a confident teacher.  I am there for my junior high school kids.  I empower them, teach them to stand up for themselves, to evaluate themselves, their situations and each other as objectively as possible, and if at all possible, to laugh about it.  And I and all my colleagues watch out for bullying every single day, and we don't let it go.  \n\nTake heart.  The jerks are out there, but they're SO easy to disa
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they could do that, yes. but, i cant imagine anyone playing a video game and talking trash is gonna care. those ppl probably dont even know who he is, right? so, they dont know what color he is either. \n\ni have a black friend who uses that word all the time. everytime i see him he calls me that at least 3 or 4 times. i dont care at all. to be funny, sometimes i call him "honky". he laughs everytime. nobody seems to care as much when a black person uses the word, and if the ppl online dont know him, they might assume its a black person using the word.\n\ni wouldnt use that word, but i think its not gonna be a big deal. besides, you can find out who someone is through their IP address, but that doesnt prove who was using the pc. he could easily say "i had a party, there were 35 ppl here, and i only knew about 20 of them".
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Well, now days anything can happen if you say the wrong thing and offend somebody. But I agree. Where did the rights of freedom of speech go? And I always wondered why we have to allow blacks into our colleges, but they can dissallow whites into theirs. Isn't that racist? So it's okay for them to be but we can't? Other nationalities have different cultures, therefore we get into different negative situations. If we have to allow for their differences,they shouldn't take advantage of it. They should in the first place realize they came from their country to the United States. They need to follow our country rules, they are not here to start their own country in the middle of ours.
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Yes probably, but to do this you need actual proof. If she does this often record it or something or if everyone in the class agrees with you then you can gang up on her. Otherwise if its possible and u really want out of the class just so you dont have to listen to her then ask the consulers to switch classes to another teacher but still tell the consuler what she did so she at leasts gets in trouble. Problem is people that work at schools are idiots like for example there were two science teachers in seventh grade (i got the normal one) and the other, he was very very nice to all the girls if you know what I mean and I think one time he actually said something bad to one girl that told on him but all the principal did was have the teacher apologize to her! I know it was really stupid. Try your best!\n\nIf you found this helpful please press "best answer." Thanks!
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I'm sure that she ment no harm by her statment.  It sounds like she could have been saying that the Italian's methods were better thought out and simpler because they didn't complicate it with other excess crap to seem more educated like other people.  But in any case, if this made you feel uncomfortable or offended you should go talk to her.  Be sure to approach her as a concerned student.  Remind her of the incident, and tell her how you took her coment.  Then give her a chance to explain herself.  If she did infact mean this as a racist comment(and I doubt she did) and she doesn't appoligize go to her department head or your academic advisor.  I'm sure as long as you aproach her in a mature manner in hopes of clarifying a situation that she will be more that happy to correct herself.  And after that you will have made a positive connection with your professor which can benifit you in her class.
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You can't be serious, you want to sue someone for trying to help you communicate with the world?  I know it can be frustrating, but sheesh, nobody is perfect.  So, they misunderstood...that is okay, just clarify.  And, I don't think it is such a bad thing that they try to treat you nicely...hell, I wish people went out of their way to treat me w/ kid gloves.  If you have a problem w/ a particular person's attitude, just let them know...like anyone would.  They are just trying to be helpful.  What's is so bad about somebody feeling good about helping you and other people with disablities....geez, is that such a bad thing?  How would you prefer them to feel and how would you prefer to be treated?  With a cold shoulder?  I don't know if you have a case, but with the way the world works, you probably would--thanks for driving up my tuition/medical bills, etc b/c of your frivolous lawsuit.
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Neither of these statments is even close to being true.  If someone spoke the line you said and another changed it, the term for what the second person did would be "misquoting".  The term for what the first did would most likely be "libel".
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there should be no punishment, let me ask this in return what should chris rocks punishment be for calling white people crackers, or carlos mencea for saying spick,or kike,or whoop or jap, or nigger,or honkey.  You dont see fit to punish them so why punish this man.  As all other comedians say if you are easly offended or cant take a joke dont watch.  He may have said it out of spite but maybe the individuals deserved it for being rude and inconsiderate to him.  It sounds to me that justifys them to be called the names they where.  Now quite wasting our time with issues that dont directly concern you.  If you are african american go listen to rap music you will hear that word every 5 seconds but you arnt complaining about those musicians saying it.  hypocrates!!!!
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You should report this person and make sure they're expelled...make a stand and show that you're not afraid...but try not to get into a fight if you can help it
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Yes, he was being racist. Unfortunately, people do not treat others in the way that they themselves want to be treated. His point has nothing to do with you, and is likely the result of the frustration he was feeling because of his alien status and the recent immigration ballyhoo. No he isnt worth you going to jail. Why dont people realize that they are being racially insensitive when comments like his are being made? Racism is not the one way street that most people believe it to be, and it is often an excuse for poor behavior.
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Well, I am neither bi-racial or multiracial, but I notice being white I still face discrimination sometimes.  Some people automatically assume I am racist, even though I am so far from it.  For example, the other day at work a Hispanic couple (their race doesn't matter to me, but it illustrates the point) came up to pay for their dinner with a credit card.  Our policy is that we ask everyone for I.D. when they are paying with a card.  It's for their protection, but also because we have seen cases of fraud.  Anyhow, he seemed a little irritated, but he showed me, finished the bill and left.  About 20 minutes later his wife called and spoke to my manager and said that I was being racist asking for I.D. because they were Hispanic.  My manager explained that asking for I.D. is a company policy and that I was only doing what I was told.  She told them next time they came in that they would receive a free dinner.  However, when she hung up, she came and told me she had watched me when they were paying and that I had done absolutely nothing wrong, and that if those people ever came in again to let her know so that she would ask them to leave.  It kinda bothered me because I know I am not racist in the slightest, but I just laughed it off because I knew it was their ignorance and not mine.  Gosh, sorry for making this so long.
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Vykky, I am saddened to hear that even people, of what should be a mature age, still revel in mocking children in such a juvenile manner. Since I am not an expert in jurisprudence I can’t state emphatically whether you can or cannot sue for offensive statements made by an employee of a business, or the failure of the manager to take corrective action against that employee. I would surmise that you couldn’t sue on those grounds, because if you could, the court system would be bogged down with a host of law suits because people get insulted every day in business establishments. \n\nMy bigger question to you is why would you want to sue? So a small-minded person foisted an insult at your small daughter who, given her age, is not even aware of how hurtful the comment was. So what? Doesn’t the very attempt to sue, set a bad precedent with your daughter, teaching her that every infraction made against her requires some sort of retributive action. Be the bigger person and ignore the small-minded person, and the company for the inconsequential people that they are. That is the best lesson you can teach your daughter, and they are never too young to learn it. The aphorism “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me” might be a statement made by children, but it is sagacious advice for adults as well.
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Absolutely - go into that school and read them the riot act.\n\nYour son, in my opinion, was quite right in his comment - judging someone on any aspect of their appearance does equate to racism.\n\nThe school, and the teacher, have behaved badly. He's your child, your responsibility and you shouldn't stand for it.\n\nIn my experience, teachers are NOT always right, in spite of what they might think.
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Do they still have blackboards in school? I thought they were all white boards now with those dry erase markers. what would you call that so the little white kids don't get offended?  How ridicules, why don't you try teaching all the children that most of the time the word black just means black as in the shade, and saying blackboard is NOT a racial slur, PC the ruin of civilisation.
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He was real wrong to say those nasty things, but i do not see how money would help anything. what really gets me is that i hear black people say that word and not one person even gasp, yet a white guy says it and they cant believe they have heard that word. Racism knows no color. to the lady who gave an answer addressed to me. I by no means meant to offend anyone. i really did not know there was a diff. i do appreciate you explaining that to me.
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oh my gosh...no he's the immature one. you did the right thing...some ppl can be so retarded,,,lol\n\n\nand...that other girl? the one who I thot was being racist...she has been reporting all my questions and getting points taken away for everything I say. do you have any idea what I can do??? please help...i tried to say to her what I said to you but she's obviously not listening...