White TX Teacher Suspended After Sending Photo of Her Foot on Black Boy's Neck to the Boy's Mother

[Nevilledog]

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A teacher in Texas is under fire after she sent a photo of her foot on a Black boy’s neck to the boy’s mother. The two women apparently know each other, and the photo was supposed to be a joke, but the boy’s father, his family, and the Texas school district didn’t find the humor in it.

Now the teacher, who is white, has been suspended and is under investigation by the Texas school district.

According to Newsweek, the teacher told the boy and his friends that if he didn’t stop misbehaving she was going to put her foot on his neck. Why are teachers talking like this to students? Why are white women out here claiming to step on the necks of Black boys? Is that like a thing? I will admit there are a lot of white things I don’t understand like Taylor Swift’s popularity or avocado toast (I will go to my grave arguing that avocado tastes like snot). The bigger point is that I recognize cultural differences, so I could be missing something contextually, as there may be a place where white people reenact death like they do the Civil War. The boy, 10-year-old Zaelyn Jackson, then got on the ground and the teacher, not realizing her relative whiteness to this scene, then placed her white ass foot on the boy’s neck.

The teacher then sent the image to the boy’s mother. Probably didn’t help that the image was sent shortly after Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted in the kneeling death of George Floyd, reports.

Also, white people read the fucking room. The idea of a white foot on a black boy’s neck is never OK. It just isn’t. The optics alone are fucked, I don’t care how close you are with the boy’s mother. But let’s continue.

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[Beakybird]

1. That's sick. Should be fired. Omg!

But I disagree with writer about Taylor Swift, and the avocado toast joke ain't funny, imo. Her parents said she played guitar until her fingers bled. Not my cup of tea, but she's Uber talented.

[dawg day]

8. I love avocado toast. Nuff Said.

[LuvLoogie]

12. I'm a 70s hard rock/heavy metal guy...

and I love Taylor Swift, and now Dua Lipa. And I love avocados.

Period.

But that teacher is an idiot.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Another stupid white person.

Apparently clueless to both reality and social media. Heavy duty stupid.

[LakeArenal]

3. I thinks they think it's a joke.

Bullies always claim it’s a joke.

[wnylib]

16. What could be even remotely amusing about this?

I think you are right that she considered it a joke. But what kind of mind could joke about a thing like that?

[LakeArenal]

17. I hate all pranks and humiliating jokes.

[wnylib]

19. There's an underlying cruelty in the teacher's behavior.

[LakeArenal]

20. Yes definitely.

Much more overt when I was a kid.

I had a teacher who would hit kids in the mouth with an eraser. No one said anything.

[wnylib]

21. Teachers got away with a lot of crap in the past.

[marble falls]

4. That this would occur to someone as a good thing to do is unbelievable.

[Biophilic]

5. It is utterly amazing, they just don't get it. What else can you say? nt

[demtenjeep]

6. I WOULD NEVER EVER do that

good god

[Luciferous]

7. She should be fired immediately. Why the hell would she think this would be okay? If I was that

mom I would be beating her ass.

[niyad]

9. WTAF???????

[dlk]

10. That was a twisted death threat and the teacher should be fired!

No wonder Texas public schools have such a poor reputation.

[BobTheSubgenius]

11. SUSPENDED??? JFC, that's an unbelievably weal response!!!

The first 7 words are "A teacher in Texas is under fire..." I confess that my kneejerk reaction was "it had better be gunfire." Then my better angels checked in.

Still want her fired, though.

[Martin68]

13. Avocado tastes like snot? Is that like a putdown of Mexicans? You need a little work on your

comedy "skills." Yes, this is a disgusting story about White entitlement and cluelessness, but you kind of eclipsed it with your attempts at snark IMO.

[Evolve Dammit]

14. Another deplorable revealed. Go to the unemployment line.

[3catwoman3]

15. WTAF?!!!!!!

The word incredulous comes to mind, but feels woefully inadequate.

[Lithos]

18. The teacher should just been fired

Suspended sounds like it is temporary.


L-

[Generic Brad]

22. In what world would that be funny?

I can’t comprehend any professional educator thinking that would be acceptable behavior under any circumstance.

[CountMyVote4Reality]

23. The "golden rule" of comedy: If you have to explain a joke...

It isn't funny.