What goes on the black board can come back to bite you, if you're a teacher. Petrona Smith wrote "negro" on the board, teaching her Bronx students the word for the color "black" in Spanish. She was fired. ( REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi)
9:50 am ET -Fired for word 'negro'? A Bronx teacher has filed a lawsuit claiming she was fired for using the word 'negro' in class. 'Negro' is the Spanish word for the color black.
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