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Before class begins, you notice a White male student and a Latina student discussing something. When the Latina student starts describing something you can’t hear, the White male suddenly responds, “What is that? Some weird Guatemalan game?” The Latina student, very offended, yells “F--- you!” How do you respond with a socratic sensibility?
My teacher was shocked at my “inappropriate” use of language and sternly told me to calm down and to sit down. Upset, I asked her, “Didn’t you hear what he said?!” The teacher once again told me to calm down and sit down. I wish my teacher would have validated my anger and addressed the cultural insensitivity of my classmate’s comment, and not just the way I responded to him.