An Inclusive Litany
9/23/02
Stephanie Bell, a fourth-grade teacher at Mary C. Williams Elementary
School in Wilmington, North Carolina, received a formal reprimand
after a parent complained of her use of the word "niggardly" to
describe a literary character in class. The Wilmington
Star-News reports that the state teacher's union not only would
not defend her, but told her not to comment on the incident to anyone.