African American Vignette #12

A middle school with a racially diverse population has had some incidents of students using racial slurs.  A meeting is called to put a stop to this behavior. After a black parent complains that a group of white boys called his son the ‘n’ word, a white mother stands up and says “I agree that using the ‘n’ word is totally unacceptable.  But some black girls called my daughter “Honky” during a soccer game. “Isn’t that name just as bad?”

Questions for the reader: How do you feel about what the white mother said?
In what ways is calling a white person "Honky"equivalent to calling
a black person the 'n' word and in what ways isn't it equivalent?

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