Calgary school principal in hot water for using N-word in discussion with... errr... black students

Apparently the word "nigger", which has been systematically erased not just from the meeja but from our memories, is not totally proscribed after all. Seems it depends who uses it.

A school principal in Calgary -- Canada's ghost-town version of Dallas -- found that out the hard way, having been denounced as a racist etc etc for daring to ask a group of black students why they use the N-word when talking to each other, but get in a frizzy [tizzy? Ed.] if it's used by a person of non-colour.

The meeting between Lianne Anderson, Principal of Saint Michael's Catholic School, and the students was secretly recorded by one of the students. A small portion of it was "shared" with other students and posted online. The students have been suspended for contravening the Calgary Catholic School District code of conduct policy that prohibits recording without consent.

According to CTV News, Ms Anderson can be heard saying, "So how come it's okay for you to say the word 'nigger' in a conversation directed at a group of students of colour?" 

A spokesthingy for the school board said Ms Anderson's comments were made in an attempt to have a "teaching moment" with the schoolchildren about diversity, and the comment was taken out of context.

In the ritual apology and Statement of Wokeness, the spokesperson added, "We have a zero tolerance policy for any racial or discriminatory actions or words that is not tolerated by staff or students." [Eh? Not an English major, I guess. Ed.]  Ms Anderson has been directed to issue her own personal apology and wash her mouth out with soap, but no further disciplinary action will be taken. 

But what about Ms Anderson's question? Why is it OK for black people to call each other "nigger" or (as in Pulp Fiction) "nigga"? Leaders with the Black Lives Matter YYC say the word is harmful only if spoken by the "oppressors". Said Adora Nowfor, who CTV calls the "president of the local iterationof the global movement", "It is never a privileged person’s place to educate or police an oppressed person in their own oppression." Understand, now?

I think we persons of non-colour really should make a greater effort to understand the differences between the way we talk and the way people of colour talk. Here is a guide which I hope you will find helpful.