‘What Should I Address You As?’: Illinois Teacher Called 11-Year-Old Girl the N-word, Causing Other Students to Tease Her with the Slur. Now She Doesn’t Want to Black Anymore, Mom Says
An outraged parent brought a federal civil rights lawsuit against a powerful school district on Sept. 10 after learning her daughter allegedly was called the N-word and “mentally ill” by her math teacher a year ago. Amica Richardson says that Ellis Middle School in the Chicago suburb of Elgin, Illinois, violated her daughter’s civil rights…
