Cenk Uygur
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Teens' Racist Obama Tweets Published on Jezebel
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November 13, 2012
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November 13, 2012
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6:04Now Playing"There was an abundance of hate speech on Twitter after Obama's reelection, with people hurling violent and racial epithets. Many of those tweeters were teenagers whose public Twitter accounts feature their real names and advertise their participation in the sports programs at their respective high schools. Calls were placed to the principals and superintendents of those schools to find out how calling the president—or any person of color, for that matter—a "nigger" and a "monkey" jibes with their student conduct code of ethics.
We contacted their school's administrators with the hope that, if their educators were made aware of their students' ignorance, perhaps they could teach them about racial sensitivity. Or they could let them know that while the First Amendment protects their freedom of speech, it doesn't protect them from the consequences that might result from expressing their opinions. (For example, an adult woman is currently being investigated by the Secret Service for calling President Obama a "nigger" and suggesting he be assassinated on her Facebook page.)"*
Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian read some of the tweets and discuss their posting on such a widely read blog. The kids said things that are incredibly racist and insensitive, but should they be put on blast? Is this a teaching experience?
*Read more from Tracie Egan Morrissey/ Jezebel:
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