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TheProle

(3,914 posts)
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 12:10 PM Aug 2023

Self-styled "racist" and "Black Supremacist" 1st grade teacher fired.

'Black Supremacist' elementary school teacher removed by district over 'racist' social media posts

MESQUITE, Texas (CITC) — A Texas elementary school teacher, who refers to herself as a "Black Supremacist," has been removed from her school district after sparking outrage with "offensive" social media posts directed towards White people.

The teacher gained attention Monday for the posts shared to her now-deleted X account, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The teacher, who worked at Thompson Elementary School in the Mesquite Independent School District (Mesquite ISD) near Dallas, went by the name "Claire Kyle" on the platform. X users have alleged that the name "Claire Kyle" is an alias.

In screenshots shared by X users Monday, the teacher seemingly discussed her sister's relationship with a White man on the platform, calling it "the biggest disappointment" she's "ever seen." In a separate post reviewed by Crisis in the Classroom (CITC), she shared a screenshot of herself appearing to ask her partner to "come and kill" the White man.


https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/black-supremacist-elementary-school-teacher-removed-by-district-over-racist-social-media-posts-mesquite-isd-claire-kyle-x-account-thompson-elementary-school#


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Self-styled "racist" and "Black Supremacist" 1st grade teacher fired. (Original Post) TheProle Aug 2023 OP
Interesting atreides1 Aug 2023 #1
I dunno, talking about having an unlikable BIL killed is little much for elementary school teachers. FSogol Aug 2023 #2
Setting aside your "whataboutism" TheProle Aug 2023 #3
What an odd comment to make. BlackSkimmer Aug 2023 #4
Always have to make black people the victims treestar Aug 2023 #5
+1000 BeerBarrelPolka Aug 2023 #16
It's another form of racism against black people. Oneironaut Aug 2023 #17
Lose their job XanaDUer2 Aug 2023 #6
This. BlackSkimmer Aug 2023 #12
Why are you making and excuse, a white person would certainly be fired if this was reversed! nt Raine Aug 2023 #8
Do you want her teaching... stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #9
Any white teacher writing that crap on social media would be pilloried, fired, called Karen, BlackSkimmer Aug 2023 #15
I appreciate her candor Sympthsical Aug 2023 #7
Something I've heard many, many times. stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #10
Teachers should treat everybody with respect. stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #11
Kick nt XanaDUer2 Aug 2023 #13
FAFO. Happy Hoosier Aug 2023 #14
Well, just screwed herself to EVER be hired for anything again LOL Snooper9 Aug 2023 #18
Shocking I know, but also a homophobe TheProle Aug 2023 #19

atreides1

(16,799 posts)
1. Interesting
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 12:13 PM
Aug 2023

I have to wonder how many white teachers in Texas who've done the same thing still have their jobs?

FSogol

(47,534 posts)
2. I dunno, talking about having an unlikable BIL killed is little much for elementary school teachers.
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 12:17 PM
Aug 2023

TheProle

(3,914 posts)
3. Setting aside your "whataboutism"
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 12:22 PM
Aug 2023

Any white Texan who puts "White Supremacist" in their online bio, posts how they "love being racist" and requests a boyfriend come and kill a black person in their house should not only be fired but prosecuted.

That said, I have a daughter who spent years working with special needs children the same age in Texas and your careless implication is insulting.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
4. What an odd comment to make.
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 12:38 PM
Aug 2023

You think this kind of thing is ok? For a teacher of any color?

treestar

(82,383 posts)
5. Always have to make black people the victims
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 12:41 PM
Aug 2023

even where they are not the victims.

No white teachers could get away with such a thing. White people who do something racist always lose their job. We've seen that in case after case.

Oneironaut

(6,222 posts)
17. It's another form of racism against black people.
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 09:11 AM
Aug 2023

It infantilizes them like they aren’t just normal people capable of bigotry and hatred.

Raine

(31,102 posts)
8. Why are you making and excuse, a white person would certainly be fired if this was reversed! nt
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 01:26 PM
Aug 2023
 
9. Do you want her teaching...
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 02:01 PM
Aug 2023

Last edited Wed Aug 9, 2023, 02:37 PM - Edit history (1)

…your first grade children or grandchildren or great-grandchildren?

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
15. Any white teacher writing that crap on social media would be pilloried, fired, called Karen,
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 09:01 AM
Aug 2023

and canceled forever. And there'd be TONS of publicity about it.

Sympthsical

(10,870 posts)
7. I appreciate her candor
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 01:20 PM
Aug 2023

Usually people try to mitigate their shittiness with "It's impossible for me to be racist!" as they go on to be egregiously that.

She owns how awful she is.

Sometimes you just have to appreciate the clarity when the usual obfuscation isn't dragged in.

 
10. Something I've heard many, many times.
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 02:09 PM
Aug 2023
"It's impossible for me to be racist!" as they go on to be

Usually from white folks in la culture mayor, who can’t deal with the existence of other cultures.
 
11. Teachers should treat everybody with respect.
Wed Aug 9, 2023, 02:33 PM
Aug 2023

This is how you do it.



Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children (Official Music Video)

 

Snooper9

(484 posts)
18. Well, just screwed herself to EVER be hired for anything again LOL
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 09:36 AM
Aug 2023

"can't wait to see all my new students"

How did that work out

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