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More Woke, Anti-White Madness: Washington Teacher Fired for Saying “Nigger” in the Context of a Widely Taught Novel

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Washington teacher fired for saying the N-word while reading To Kill A Mockingbird

Spokane teacher Matthew Mastronardi has been fired for saying the N-word during a reading of To Kill A Mockingbird

Spokane teacher Matthew Mastronardi has been fired for saying the N-word during a reading of To Kill A MockingbirdX/RealMastro21

David Wiechnik

David Wiechnik

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01 Jul 2025, 11:00 am

A Spokane-area high school teacher has been dismissed from his position by the West Valley School Board following a controversial classroom reading of a passage from To Kill a Mockingbird containing the N-word. 

Matthew Mastronardi, a US Air Force veteran, father of three, and assistant wrestling coach at the West Valley High School, was terminated by the local school board after the incident, which occurred during one of his classes. 

The 1960 novel, a staple in high school curriculums, is known for its frank portrayal of racial injustice in the Jim Crow-era South but has faced scrutiny in recent years for its use of racial slurs.

The controversy stemmed from a video recorded by a student as part of the school’s literature program, which captured Mastronardi reading the passage aloud. 

Although To Kill a Mockingbird is approved for the school’s curriculum, previous teachers at the school had instructed students to skip over racial slurs when reading aloud to avoid discomfort.

Before the recording, Mastronardi had questioned the students for censoring themselves. One student spoke up to ask the teacher if he would read every word, including the N-word. 

Mastronardi said he would. 

“A male student immediately handed me the book and said, “Okay do it,” he said. 

“I knew the situation was serious with 30 students watching…I saw it as a teachable moment about context and literary honesty in reading.” 

The footage later circulated beyond the classroom and went viral, prompting widespread attention.

On April 28, Mastronardi received a verbal warning addressing the incident. 

Just over a week later, on May 5, he received an email from Human Resources Director Sabre Dahl requesting a meeting between the pair and School Superintendent Kyle Rydell , where he was given an ultimatum — resign voluntarily or face non-renewal of his teaching contract. (Western Standard, July 1, 2025)

Senator Apologizes for Using “Nigger” to Make A Point

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Senator Apologizes for Using “Nigger” to Make A Point
 

So crazy has political correctness become and the supremacy of minorities that a Canadian senator trying to score a point against free speech is forced to  cringe and apologize for having used the word “nigger” as an example of language that hurts people and that must not be allowed.

 
The Toronto Star (May 18, 2017) reported: “Sen. André Pratte apologized Thursday for using a notorious racial slur during a Senate committee hearing, where he uttered the so-called “N-word” as an example of an epithet that should never be used. In an interview with the The Canadian Press, Pratte said he was trying to make the point during Wednesday’s hearing that there are limits to free speech when speaking about people, especially those who are vulnerable and subject to discrimination. ‘In making that point, I mentioned black people, for instance, and that’s when I used the word,’ Pratte said.

If he offended people by using the word in that context, he apologizes unreservedly, Pratte said.

‘Obviously I didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, he said. ‘I accept it was an improper choice of example . . . and I apologize that for that.’ Committee witnesses at the Senate legal affairs committee were making free-speech arguments while debating the Liberal government’s legislation to bar discrimination on the basis of gender identity or gender expression.

If passed, the legislation would make it illegal to deny someone a job or to discriminate against them in the workplace on the basis of their gender identity or how they express it. It would also amend the Criminal Code to extend hate-speech laws.”

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The Committee was studying Bill C-16, a dangerous anti-free speech measure, which will add the transgendered and sexually confused to that list of privileges groups which you may not criticize, or criticize only with much difficulty, under Canada’s notorious “hate law”, Sec. 319 of the Criminal Code.