The Star’s initial online version of the teacher insulting Indian community was very revealing – with quotes on the exact words used by the teacher published. However, in today’s online and print version, a more sanitized version appears. I reproduce both for comparison:<\/p>\n
Initial Online Version (yesterday)<\/a> (alternative link here<\/a>):<\/p>\n About 500 angry parents and other members of the Indian community gathered outside a secondary school here on Monday to protest racial slurs and abuse allegedly uttered by a teacher against Indian students recently.<\/p>\n The crowd began gathering outside SMK Telok Panglima Garang\u2019s main entrance near here at noon and dispersed about two hours later.<\/p>\n The headmaster was on leave, so some teachers accepted on his behalf copies of police reports made by a Form Four student and a Form Five student. According to the police reports, the female history teacher had allegedly called Indian students in a Form Four and a Form Five class \u2018keling pariah\u2019, \u2018Negro\u2019, \u2018black monkeys\u2019 as well as other The teacher had also purportedly said that \u2018Indians came from dogs\u2019 and the community members were stupid and prone to thuggery and thievery.<\/p>\n The police reports also alleged that the teacher had said that Indians were the \u2018children of prostitutes\u2019 and the community\u2019s youths \u2018did not have testicles\u2019 on July 17 and 22, and had also purportedly beaten up some Indians students.<\/p>\n The Form Four student also alleged in his report that the teacher had written the word \u2018keling pariah\u2019 on the board and lost her cool when the Indian students in the class told her that they did not like being called names.<\/p>\n Coalition of Malaysian Indian NGOs secretary Gunaraj George, who was among those who handed over the police reports, said that exposure to such abuse would only breed hatred and racial polarisation in schools.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one in his or her right frame of mind would have said these things. Given this, the best option would be for the teacher to be assigned to a desk job and not be allowed to be near youngsters anymore,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Deputy Education<\/a> Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong said the schoolteacher might be sacked if the allegations proved true.<\/p>\n The allegations were serious as no one was allowed to insult others, especially in a school environment, said Dr Wee, who was asked to comment on the incident when visiting a nine-year-old accident victim at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru.<\/p>\n He added that the ministry was awaiting an official report before taking any action.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nderogatory names.<\/p>\n