White Baltimore teacher fired after calling black students racial slurs
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First posted: Thursday, November 17, 2016 07:20 PM EST | Updated: Thursday, November 17, 2016 07:26 PM EST
A white Baltimore teacher has been fired after being caught on video calling her black students “idiots” and “punk-a-- n------” who are “gonna get shot” for misbehaving.
The grainy 82-second clip, which was reportedly filmed in a Grade 8 science class at Baltimore’s Harlem Park Elementary and Middle School, begins with the teacher’s screaming fit already in progress. She repeatedly tells one of her students to “get out of my class!” Eventually, she pushes him into the hallway and comes back inside to direct her anger at the rest of her students.
“You’re idiots!” she screams. “Do you want to be like punk-a-- n-------? You’re gonna get shot!”
The class erupts with shouting, but the teacher can still be heard screaming over them, “You’re stupid!”
According to the New York Daily News, Erica Gales Deminds, mother of one of the students, posted the video to her Facebook page late on Wednesday after her son showed her the recording, which was shot by another student.
“I see it and I’m floored!” she told the Daily News. “So I uploaded it and shared it with my family, didn’t think it would go as far as it went.”
On Thursday, officials at Baltimore’s public school board issued a statement condemning the tirade.
“At Baltimore City Public Schools, we are committed to creating positive and equitable learning environments in school communities where all members are welcome, supported, and valued,” the statement read. “No form of discriminatory behavior of any kind is or will be tolerated.”
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White Baltimore teacher fired after calling black students racial slurs | World
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First posted: Thursday, November 17, 2016 07:20 PM EST | Updated: Thursday, November 17, 2016 07:26 PM EST
A white Baltimore teacher has been fired after being caught on video calling her black students “idiots” and “punk-a-- n------” who are “gonna get shot” for misbehaving.
The grainy 82-second clip, which was reportedly filmed in a Grade 8 science class at Baltimore’s Harlem Park Elementary and Middle School, begins with the teacher’s screaming fit already in progress. She repeatedly tells one of her students to “get out of my class!” Eventually, she pushes him into the hallway and comes back inside to direct her anger at the rest of her students.
“You’re idiots!” she screams. “Do you want to be like punk-a-- n-------? You’re gonna get shot!”
The class erupts with shouting, but the teacher can still be heard screaming over them, “You’re stupid!”
According to the New York Daily News, Erica Gales Deminds, mother of one of the students, posted the video to her Facebook page late on Wednesday after her son showed her the recording, which was shot by another student.
“I see it and I’m floored!” she told the Daily News. “So I uploaded it and shared it with my family, didn’t think it would go as far as it went.”
On Thursday, officials at Baltimore’s public school board issued a statement condemning the tirade.
“At Baltimore City Public Schools, we are committed to creating positive and equitable learning environments in school communities where all members are welcome, supported, and valued,” the statement read. “No form of discriminatory behavior of any kind is or will be tolerated.”
(Facebook)
White Baltimore teacher fired after calling black students racial slurs | World
