With Apologies to Jesse Jackson attracted little media attention, with the NAACP praising it and calling it a "good example of educating the public on the power of hate words (including the n-word) and their impact on individuals".
The N word is used 42 times in this episode.
First episode to not have any offensive words (The F and N words in this case) censored on UK DVD box sets.
Principal Victoria has a picture of her and Rosie O'Donnell on her bookshelf. Rosie O'Donnell is the aunt of one of the kindergartners.
When Randy is performing at the spoken word contest, the man in the picture behind him is Hunter S. Thompson, an american journalist and author. This is the man who wrote the novel "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", which in 1998 was made into a movie with the same name, starring Johnny Depp.