Story highlights Students say a white teacher used the N-word during a lessonSome black students say it wasn't appropriate(CNN) An impromptu assembly on race took place at a New Orleans school after a black student and a white teacher argued about the use of the N-word. Video posted from the classroom at Ben Franklin High School shows the pair, both male, arguing Thursday about whether it is appropriate for white people to use term. The student said it was not appropriate, while the teacher held it was acceptable if part of a class. "N**** is racist for a white man to say to a black man," the student explained to the teacher. "I could see he was very upset," Patrick Widhalm, the head of school, told CNN.

Source: CNN May 05, 2017 23:15 UTC