Racist Teacher

The teacher at SMK Panglima Garang in Klang was alleged to have used racial slurs and verbally abused several students here last month.

In the incident last month, the teacher allegedly entered a Form Five class and called the students using a derogatory word. She also accused them of being gangsters and thieves.

New Straits Times 05/08/2008

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I came across this news in NST. The news is actually written in a very 'well-mannered' way. They didn't elaborate more about the actual act of that teachers. So, out of curiosity, I started to google about it. I was thinking, most probably she only used some words or phrases like 'stupid', 'anjing(dog)' and 'semua kaum awak malas (lazy race) '.

But, to my surprise, it was far more extreme than that. I couldn't believe that it came from the mouth of a TEACHER.

She referred to her students of a particular race as:

"keling pariah"
"negro"
"black monkey"
"came from dogs"
"always menstruate"
"did not have testicles"
"children of prostitutes"

She even wrote some of those phrases on the blackboard, purposely beat them and punished them.

This problematic teacher had committed a disgraceful offence and she was merely being transfered to another school as her punishment. It's totally unfair and unacceptable.

It leaves me to think that one can make any racist remarks and remain unharmed as long as she belongs to the dominant race, the race that rules this country.

This is Malaysia, from my point of view.