“Jumbo, go away. Jumbo, go away.” Those were the lyrics to a song written about me by two boys in my fifth grade class. Three simple words, sung in repetition, whenever I was within earshot. Just three words that on their own were completely innocent, but combined would cause my face to burn from embarrassment [...]

The story linked here presents one of the more offensive scenarios I can imagine, and in my opinion, demands so much more than the feeble apology it garnered. How about a reprint at the expense of the offending party along with sensitivity training? Might these steps toward retribution be taken had “the N word” been [...]