Free Paul Dawson

Perhaps you've seen this already. I know the video and its "remix" have been making the rounds for a couple of weeks now and have already been posted on several Internets.

Paul Dawson, a high school English teacher in Kentucky or somewhere got the bright idea to call one of his students the dreaded n-word, because he thought it might make the kids relate to him a little better. Admittedly, he was taking a bit of a gamble.

He made sure to use the version with the -a suffix, which black dudes use among themselves as a term of endearment (nullus?). Also, he alleges that the student first used the term towards him. But come to find out (surprise!), black dudes don't really like it when old white guys say it.

The kid he said it to complained to the administration and Dawson was subsequently suspended for 10 days without pay and ordered to attend "diversity training." A cursory Google search reveals that he's since been transferred to "non-instructional duties in a district office."

Here's the thing, Obviously this guy Dawson made a huge lapse in judgment, thinking it would be a good idea to call some jig the dreaded n-word. Still, watching this kid (a member of the Boy Scouts and the ROTC) sit there and whine like a bitch, I couldn't help but think he himself was taking things a bit too far.

Trying to get people fired from their job for using a racial slur is for Chinese people, or, as I prefer to call them, chinks. If anything, this kid should've been offered $100, or some "me time" with the guys wife, and then this whole thing could've been swept under the rug.

Check the videos after the jump.

The Original:

The Remix: