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Florida teacher cheerfully lynches black doll in the classroom (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 5 hrs ago OP
Whoa. Karen in Florida, this is so so sad. CoopersDad 5 hrs ago #1
Well, given I just nearly got myself arrested when someone failed to stop for a goose & gosling hlthe2b 5 hrs ago #2
"God is Great" ???? milestogo 5 hrs ago #3
She's gone Zorro 5 hrs ago #4
Good! TY. I was just going to post I hope she's fired.... electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #10
hopefully permanently. mopinko 4 hrs ago #13
THIS electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #17
Her name? malaise 5 hrs ago #5
After watching the American Masters documentary on the life of W.E.B DuBois, I cannot stand to watch. ariadne0614 5 hrs ago #6
When the students questioned her about it, she laughed and said she had done so "to get their attention." sop 4 hrs ago #7
Geeeeebbzzzzz. electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #16
She's probably JustAnotherGen 4 hrs ago #8
She's part of the Trump Klux Klan. America First--in hoods. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 4 hrs ago #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Grim Chieftain 4 hrs ago #11
Totally evil Grim Chieftain 4 hrs ago #12
Hopefully she'll never teach again! Unfortunately she may sonewhere else electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #15
...... Speechless at first. Hideous! And, yes, I've known they 're out there; especially in the open now since drumphf electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #14
Shame on her. mr715 4 hrs ago #18
She's not unique at all. spudspud 3 hrs ago #19
What the actual fuck is wrong with people today? COL Mustard 3 hrs ago #20
WTAF???? a kennedy 3 hrs ago #21
If she's been teaching for 40 years the damage is done n/t Cheezoholic 3 hrs ago #22
Or.... ProfessorGAC 2 hrs ago #25
A lawsuit isn't appropriate because the school dealt with the problem Warpy 2 hrs ago #23
Outrageous. Fire her worthless ass immediately!!! oasis 2 hrs ago #24
Time to cheerfully show her the egress. marble falls 37 min ago #26
MAGAS now have permission to act out, B.See 22 min ago #27

CoopersDad

(3,371 posts)
1. Whoa. Karen in Florida, this is so so sad.
Thu May 21, 2026, 01:49 PM
5 hrs ago

I'm sure Trump approves.

Maybe she'll qualify for a couple million in reparations.

/sarcasm

hlthe2b

(114,716 posts)
2. Well, given I just nearly got myself arrested when someone failed to stop for a goose & gosling
Thu May 21, 2026, 01:53 PM
5 hrs ago

crossing the street early this morning, I probably should NOT respond to this. As to my earlier inciting event: It is an area full of geese and ducks and people know to slow down (state law) and stop but this little arrogant shit head decided he didn't need to. I blocked him a little ways later and gave him a rather intimidating "talking to"... (Yes, I know that was stupid as he could have had a damned gun, but at least he acted "sheepish"... I can back down the biggest, meanest out there when I am really pissed--and in the "right." )

So, reading this makes me similarly want to reach through the virtual screen and teach that teacher a lesson--albeit she may be so racist it would not matter. But this is beyond horrific. I hope something happens to remove her (I can't watch the video right now, but am reacting to the opening screen and headline)..

mopinko

(73,959 posts)
13. hopefully permanently.
Thu May 21, 2026, 03:04 PM
4 hrs ago

yank her credentials.
welcome to early retirement. hope you’ve saved up.

ariadne0614

(2,202 posts)
6. After watching the American Masters documentary on the life of W.E.B DuBois, I cannot stand to watch.
Thu May 21, 2026, 02:21 PM
5 hrs ago

I feared an emotional breakdown, and watching the videos of this monster might put me over the edge. How much longer will this go on?

She should be forced to watch this from beginning to end, in a classroom with black high school students who know what she did, and then respond to their questions.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/w-e-b-du-bois-documentary/34807/

sop

(19,348 posts)
7. When the students questioned her about it, she laughed and said she had done so "to get their attention."
Thu May 21, 2026, 02:26 PM
4 hrs ago

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Response to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Grim Chieftain

(2,058 posts)
12. Totally evil
Thu May 21, 2026, 03:02 PM
4 hrs ago

As a lifelong educator, I hope she is shamed to oblivion. What a horrific thing to do.

electric_blue68

(27,348 posts)
14. ...... Speechless at first. Hideous! And, yes, I've known they 're out there; especially in the open now since drumphf
Thu May 21, 2026, 03:05 PM
4 hrs ago

gave them his racist "permission" back in his first term.
😥

"Very fine people on both sides"....

Infuriating! Between teary-eyed and angry!

mr715

(4,175 posts)
18. Shame on her.
Thu May 21, 2026, 03:12 PM
4 hrs ago

Shame on the school that hired her, the coffee she drinks, and the God she worships.

I hope she eventually realizes how sick and twisted she is and regrets her disgusting, vile, and childish actions.

Teachers should be held to the highest standard. As such, failures like she should be nailed to the wall.

spudspud

(671 posts)
19. She's not unique at all.
Thu May 21, 2026, 03:56 PM
3 hrs ago

A lot of these racists have been teachers for a very long time. Can only imagine the damage they've done to kids, especially black kids, over the years.

COL Mustard

(8,395 posts)
20. What the actual fuck is wrong with people today?
Thu May 21, 2026, 03:56 PM
3 hrs ago

What in hell's name was this woman thinking? And she's an art teacher? JFC let me SMDH. I really don't understand this crap anymore.

ProfessorGAC

(77,303 posts)
25. Or....
Thu May 21, 2026, 04:33 PM
2 hrs ago

....the kids have been tuning her out for 39 years & the damage has been limited.
I sure hope so.
As a sub since I retired from my real job, I know kids can tune out on a teacher with a bad reputation.

Warpy

(114,682 posts)
23. A lawsuit isn't appropriate because the school dealt with the problem
Thu May 21, 2026, 04:29 PM
2 hrs ago

and I doubt that child will need therapy, he's too young to have heard "Strange Fruit" or to have any memory of anyone who was lynched by a white mob. It's all theory to him and it might be the first exposure he's had to that particularly ugly bit of US history instead of the sugar coated crap in his school books. Maybe she needs to invest in a copy of "Lies My Teacher Told Me," maybe spark the kid's interest in history.

I imagine that was Ms. Savage's last day as a teacher. She's old enough for early ocial Security and I know I wouldn't have been able to last that long in a middle school without blowing some kind of fit, although lynching a baby doll wouldn't be my fit of choice because no, just no.

B.See

(8,874 posts)
27. MAGAS now have permission to act out,
Thu May 21, 2026, 07:01 PM
22 min ago

courtesy of the Bigot in Chief.

No problem, They'll raise a million bucks for her and Trump will give her a medal.

The South shall reich again.

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