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TexasTowelie

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Tue May 21, 2019, 07:15 AM May 2019

St. Paul teacher caught using slur to describe black students resigns

The St. Paul teacher who was caught on video using a racial slur at school has quit.

Highland Park Middle School Spanish teacher Wendy Brilowski’s resignation is on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of the St. Paul school board.

She was placed on administrative leave after a 23-second video clip was posted May 8 to social media channels. Her resignation is effective May 10.

In the video, recorded in a school hallway, Brilowski appears to say, “I just walk around the room … (unintelligible) just pick on them. They’re black. And they’re the only (expletive) (n—–) doing any work.”

Read more: https://www.twincities.com/2019/05/20/st-paul-teacher-caught-using-slur-to-describe-black-students-resigns/

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St. Paul teacher caught using slur to describe black students resigns (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2019 OP
Some fool would suggest a 10-hour sensitivity training course would help. CaptYossarian May 2019 #1

CaptYossarian

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1. Some fool would suggest a 10-hour sensitivity training course would help.
Tue May 21, 2019, 10:41 AM
May 2019

But 10 hours (or 50) won't change a piss poor upbringing. It would be good to find out her next job and see how that turns out.

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