Teacher Sues for Right to Say "N-----" in Class

A white Chicago school teacher who was suspended for leading a class discussion about the "N-word," race relations and racism has sued the school district for what he sees as unjust punishment. Lincoln Brown, 48, a sixth-grade writing and social studies teacher at Murray Language Academy, said he turned a bad classroom situation - in which one student wrote a rap calling another student a n***** - into "a teachable moment." "I looked at it and it had some words in it that were very offensive...Full Story