dilemma

[Hooahguy]

ok so heres the situation:
there is a teacher at my little brothers middle school is who very racist. he regularly makes racist comments in class, or so my brother reports, and has even called students who beat him at basketball the n-word.
people have approached the administration about this teacher, and the school refuses to fire him. the reason? he is also the middle school judaics director.
what irks me the most are jews who get so offended if a non-jew makes a joke about jews, but yet has no problem making racist jokes and comments. i cant stand people like that.

i keep hearing more and more about this teacher and how he regularly makes racist jokes as well as discriminate against students who arent like him. he is ultra-orthodox, complete with blackhat and long sideburns, and often makes nasty comments to my brother about how he isnt "real jews," even though he is jewish, just not as religious as he is. my parents have complained, but to no avail.

i am seriously considering confronting him in person, though most people caution me against it.

so what do you guys think i should do? should i get the NAACP involved, maybe they can demand that the teacher be fired due to racist comments, or do they not take cases like this.
this whole situation makes me want to hit my head against the wall. hard.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Three things come to mind:

This is "in-group ghettoism" at its worst. The Ultra-Orthodox protecting the Ultra-Orthodox.

You can't face him, he's an adult, irrc you haven't even gone up to university. Rightly or wrongly, you won't be taken seriously.

If your parents can't deal with this, you will only fair worse.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Become ultra-orthodox and rebuild the temple quickly so Jesus can come.

Seriously though, I woudn't recommend confronting him yourself, that's just going to throw your little bro into the centre of it. If you think the stuff going on is serious, make sure you get to people well above the guy himself, if you can't you'll probably only be wasting your time.

[miotas]

You live in America right? Well lucky for you America is a democracy, get a petition going.

[drone]

i am seriously considering confronting him in person, though most people caution me against it.

so what do you guys think i should do? should i get the NAACP involved, maybe they can demand that the teacher be fired due to racist comments, or do they not take cases like this.
this whole situation makes me want to hit my head against the wall. hard.

For the purposes of this post, I am assuming that this is a private Jewish school...

I would not get the NAACP involved, especially in the ATL. The escalation would probably be more trouble than what you have now. I would also not confront directly yet. My suggestion would be to contact the Anti-Defamation League and see if they can suggest a potential solution. It might go over better with the teacher considering the source (probably not if he is a ultra wacko). Still a better start than getting NAACP riled up.

If this is a public school, the teacher needs to be raked over the coals, so feel free to contact the NAACP and stand back to watch the fireworks.

[Hooahguy]

yes, it is a private jewish school and he is an ultra-wacko.
KarlXII suggested i contact the school district.

[Megas Methuselah]

I would openly confront him, but I'm older than you are (being in university), and I look scary when angry.

Anyways, tell your brother to take video clips (cell phone or something). Then use the evidence to do everything within your power to take the guy out. This sort of idiotic racial hatred should not be tolerated.

[Jolt]

Confront him and start telling him Nazi-Jewish jokes. If he doesn't laugh then tell him he is Hitler's long lost descendant. xD From the way both behaved, they look practically alike in discriminating people.

[Crazed Rabbit]

If contacting the ADL and school district with a petition don't work, some video from his class posted on youtube might have a greater effect on school officials...

CR

[Megas Methuselah]

If contacting the ADL and school district with a petition don't work, some video from his class posted on youtube might have a greater effect on school officials...

CR

Agreed.