No No Word

If I were the teacher it would definitely depend on the makeup of the classroom. If it were all white/no black kids I would discuss why or why we shouldn't use the word and the controversy behind the word but in the end I wouldn't use it. I myself am very uncomfortable using that word, and I have quite the potty mouth. If there were black kids in the class I would let them use it if they wanted because it's not really my place to tell them they can't say it. In college I didn't know reading out loud was a thing? If it was just me, the teacher, reading it out loud I would skip over it but if the students were reading it out loud, well they're adults and I can't really tell them not to say the n-word. I would, of course, first discuss the use of the word  and then decide as a class whether or not to use it.