I do not know him or how he will respond to the discipline I am obligated to provide. Maybe he is a terrific kid who has just forgotten where he is. Suppose he claims that I am picking on him, being racist and discriminatory. There will be all these articles in the paper, my entire career in jeopardy. Fearful of consequences, I do nothing.
Similar incidents happen every day.
Many teachers ignore students' inappropriate words and deeds because of possible legal retaliation. The students in question know it and use that knowledge to get away with all kinds of inappropriate behavior. Tolerance and unity I can only conclude that Wooten and others who share his views know nothing meaningful about Kalaheo's educators, nothing about curriculum content, and nothing about our degree of racial sensitivity. Let's just be Americans, people or human beings.