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An eighth-grade student in Connecticut was left "confused" and "sad" after a teacher allegedly used racial slurs in the classroom, WSFB reports.
Che'La'Mora Hardy, the student's mother, said her son informed her of the Sept 1 incident after coming home from his middle school in West Hartford.
“He’s just flailing about, pacing, mom you’re not going to believe this, couldn’t gather himself,” Hardy said.
The student told his mother that his teacher was going over class rules before she directed a racial slur at him.
“Everybody gasped in the class and was sitting there stunned,” Hardy said. “After racially profiling my child, she then gaslit the whole class and said, ‘oh, I said this word, it’s not a problem for adults and teachers, this is what we can do, but you cannot do this.’”
Following the incident, the teacher was reportedly removed from the classroom.
“He’s still confused and there’s a level of sadness with him, and my kid is not a sad kid,” Hardy said of her son. “I can see that this has impacted him, and he’s just looking for support right now.”
School administrators said they are still investigating the incident.
“I want to make it unequivocally clear that derogatory language, racial slurs, and hate speech have no place in our schools and work against our mission to develop a sense of community and belonging,” Superintendent of Schools Paul Vicinus said in a statement. “WHPS is a district that prides itself on our ability to foster school environments that are inclusive and equity-driven. Incidents such as these remind us of the importance of our collective work to create safe and welcoming spaces for all,” said Vicinus.
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