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Mom Accuses Teacher of Half-Hour Racist Rant Against Dumb Nigger Son After Forgetting to Log Off Zoom

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Nov 18, 2021, 6:50:02 AM11/18/21
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The teacher accidentally stayed signed onto Zoom at the end of
the session and began a "racist, inflammatory rant'' about the
boy and his mother that went on for more than a half-hour,
according to the claim.

The mother of a Black sixth-grader filed a legal claim against
the Palmdale School District Thursday over a racist rant
directed at her son and his family by a teacher who failed to
sign off Zoom following a student-teacher session.

In the video, the teacher can be heard disparaging the family
and referring in a negative way to their ethnicity, according to
the claim, which is a precursor to a lawsuit.

"The horrible comments the teacher made in the video are truly
heartbreaking for a mother to hear and for her young son to
hear,'' said attorney John C. Taylor, who represents the
claimant.

"It's unthinkable that an educator would mock and belittle this
family and there is no doubt that this incident has scarred
them,'' he said.

"All children are entitled to receive an educational experience
free of discrimination and this video has demonstrated what
minority students often face behind the scenes today.''

Asked in an email about the claim, PSD Superintendent Raul
Maldonado referred to a February statement by district spokesman
David Garcia that the teacher in question resigned from her job
in January after being confronted about her statements.

Lawyer Neil Gehlawat, who also represents the claimant, said
that like many parents whose children have struggled to
transition to online schooling during the coronavirus pandemic,
the claimant reached out for help and discovered that her son
was allegedly being treated unfairly because of his skin color.

The woman's son, a sixth-grader at Desert Willow Fine Arts,
Science and Technology Magnet Academy in Palmdale, struggled
with his online platform and had difficulty accessing the system
for instruction, according to her claim.

The boy's mother says she contacted school officials often for
help and was instructed to follow up with her child's teachers,
and the educator in question responded by scheduling a Zoom call
with the boy and his mother.

The teacher accidentally stayed signed onto Zoom at the end of
the session and began a "racist, inflammatory rant'' about the
boy and his mother that went on for more than a half-hour,
according to the claim.

The boy's mother recorded the rant because she could not believe
what she was hearing and thought no one would believe her since
the comments were so outrageous, according to her attorneys, who
said the teacher can be seen drafting an email to the boy's
other teachers in which she repeatedly mocks and denigrates his
mother.

The teacher went on to call the family "a piece of
(expletive),'' and said the boy had learned to lie to everyone
and make excuses because "this is what Black people do,''
according to the claim.

Copyright CNS - City News Service

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/palmdale-racist-rant-
zoom-teacher-legal-claim-allegations/2559387/
 

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