A teacher at a middle school in Killeen, Texas was fired after giving children worksheets that used racial and other offensive terminology.
The Killeen Independent School District reported the now-former teacher—whose name has not been made public—gave out "an appalling and extremely disturbing assignment" in a letter to parents on Thursday.
A "Trigger Words Scramble" on one of the worksheets—distributed to roughly 10 pupils in a class at Rancier Middle School—included the n-word as well as words like "fat" and "crackhead."
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Parents had several concerns about the school district they send their children to—which is majority Black and Hispanic students.
"Just how comfortable was this teacher in this environment? Just how comfortable was this teacher to display this toxic behavior?"
Reactions were quick to come in.
\u201c@Ur_Sweetst_Sin EXCUSE ME?!?!?!\u201d— MS. SHONCE\u2728 (@MS. SHONCE\u2728) 1674312417
Some people said what many thinking.
\u201c@davenewworld_2 I sincerely hope this \u201cteacher\u201d loses their teaching certificate. They have no place in education.\u201d— Fifty Shades of Whey (@Fifty Shades of Whey) 1674298453
Several others noticed a big gap in the information the school district released.
\u201c@davenewworld_2 I notice they're taking great pains to protect the racist's identity. He'll find a job elsewhere... Per usual.\u201d— Fifty Shades of Whey (@Fifty Shades of Whey) 1674298453
\u201c@davenewworld_2 All that scrolling and, yet, I still don\u2019t know the name, age, race, gender, nor background of the alleged \u201ceducator\u201d responsible for this.\u201d— Fifty Shades of Whey (@Fifty Shades of Whey) 1674298453
No one was shocked this happened in Killeen, which has a pretty bad track record even before this incident.
\u201c@davenewworld_2 It isn't Killeen ISD's first rodeo when it comes to bad hires.\nhttps://t.co/XyQNPjHwm5\u201d— Fifty Shades of Whey (@Fifty Shades of Whey) 1674298453
\u201c@davenewworld_2 ofc it's in killeen \ud83d\ude2d\u201d— Fifty Shades of Whey (@Fifty Shades of Whey) 1674298453
Nor could anyone express surprise this happened in Texas.
\u201c@davenewworld_2 Given that it\u2019s Texas I\u2019m actually surprised they were fired.\u201d— Fifty Shades of Whey (@Fifty Shades of Whey) 1674298453
\u201c@davenewworld_2 One of our Texas charter schools or religious schools will probably offer her a job.\u201d— Fifty Shades of Whey (@Fifty Shades of Whey) 1674298453
Someone suggested the teacher will probably wind up serving in Republican Governor Greg Abbot's administration.
\u201c@davenewworld_2 I'm sure the Abbott administration has already reached to hire this person as their Diversity Coordinator.\u201d— Fifty Shades of Whey (@Fifty Shades of Whey) 1674298453
\u201c@Josh80499111 @davenewworld_2 It's Texas. There going to make them a principal to reward them. \ud83d\ude11\u201d— Fifty Shades of Whey (@Fifty Shades of Whey) 1674298453
This lamentable incident was truly frustrating for parents and children in the school.
Hopefully there will be more repercussions for this teacher to follow.
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