A group of students have been suspended from a Calgary Catholic school after a tape recording was released of the principal using the N-word..“So how come it’s OK for you to say [the N-word]?” St. Michael School principal Lianne Anderson asked a group of Black students, questioning their use of the word, CBC reported..One of the students at the school, 4511 8 Ave S.W., played it for their family who then posted the six second clip online..It is against Calgary Catholic School District rules to tape events or conversations in school unless it is open to the public..“The word was more so used in a situation to explain, like, ‘If it’s not OK for me to use the word, why is it OK for you to use the word?'” said district spokeswoman Sandra Borowski to the CBC..“I think the whole point was to kind of clarify that, bottom line, the use of the word is just generally unacceptable for anyone.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .“I definitely understand that there is, you know, the possibility that it’s coming across that the students are being disciplined for the use of that word..“But at the end of the day, they’re only being disciplined for having recorded a conversation, taking clips out of context and posting that conversation online. So it’s unfortunate that the topic of a negative racist term is the focus of the conversation.”.The principal is not facing any disciplinary actions..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
