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[โ€“] nickiwest@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sometimes it's "being edgy just for the sake of it isn't cool. Don't be an idiot; people fought wars over this." Students generally respect him, so once they realize he doesn't play that game, they stop doing it in his classes.

If it's a specific kind of bigotry, he points out that someone important to him is black/gay/trans/an immigrant/etc, and asks the kid if they've even met someone in that group. Most of the time the kid hasn't and they're just parroting things they've heard at home or online.

[โ€“] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That sounds like a really good strategy, I like it. Also he must be a good teacher to be respected like that. Thank you both for being the good guys.