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ETHNICALLY SPEAKING

by Larry Meeks

Dear Larry: What does a parent do? My 10-year-old son is a very active young child who comes from an interracial family.

He recently went on a field trip with his school. A parent witnessed a teacher being abusive toward my son in front of his peers. This teacher told my son that he couldn't use the restroom and that if he had to go so badly, he should go ahead and wet himself. The teacher added that if he got wet, at least he would be wet and warm. Later the same teacher told my child ...

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Posted by: Matt
Comment: #1
Sat Nov 7, 2009 1:51 AM

Lisa is absolutely right. I've often wondered about the wisdom of the DMV issuing driver license exams printed in foreign languages. If the applicant cannot understand English well enough to take the exam in that language, how will this person understand English-language road signs, or questions/instructions from an English-speaking police officer? Do city police and state troopers just happen to carry a Spanish/Tagalog/Russian/French/whatever interpreter with them in the patrol vehicle? Do most departments even have such a person sitting back at the station, available via radio?

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