Insisting on the legal definition of bullying, insisting that since there is no “real” threat what was said isn’t bullying, etc. says to me that that one thinks it’s “ok” on some level. Why should someone being singled out because of their race make sure she is “really” threatened or that the instigator has a history of making such remarks before deciding if she was “really” bullied or not? If the person being targeted feels attacked, they do, whether or not it meets a legal definition. I’m not talking about “hurt fee-fees” the way some here are portraying racial name-calling. But as the parent of a biracial child, I can tell you that that old saying “Sticks and stone will break my bones but names will never harm me” is patently false. Words can and do have lasting consequences. They don’t have to meet some random legal definition to cause damage, believe me.