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Photo of White Man, Friends Posting Racist Comments About Black Co-Worker’s Child Goes Viral [View all]

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Photo of White Man, Friends Posting Racist Comments About Black Co-Worker’s Child Goes Viral

According to the AtlantaBlackStar, the man known as Geris Hilton (real name Gerod Roth) on Facebook has been terminated from his position at Polaris Marketing Group after a picture he posted on his page spurred hurtful and racially-charged comments about a co-workers Black child.

The company released a statement via Twitter to address Roth’s termination:

This morning I was disgusted to learn that one of my former employees made several racially charged comments on his personal Facebook page. Even worse, the comments were directed toward the son of another employee.
It breaks my heart that Sydney and her adorable son Cayden were subjected to such hateful, ignorant and despicable behavior. Cayden visits my office almost every afternoon after daycare, he's sat at my dinner table and I consider him a part of the PMG family.
The atrocious lies, slander and racism he and his mother have been forced to endure are wholly intolerable. Myself and the entire PMG family in no way condones this kind of behavior and would never willingly associate with anyone who does.
It has no place in the world.
PMG has terminated the employee responsible and will ensure that none of the businesses that we associate with will ever do business with him again.
Sincerely,
Michael Da Graca Pinto
President
Polaris Marketing Group, Inc

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Photo of White Man, Friends Posting Racist Comments About Black Co-Worker’s Child Goes Viral [View all] marmar Oct 2015 OP

Tim Zheng's employers will see this next. Let's hope they do the same. bettyellen Oct 2015 #1

Tim Zheng sounds like an asshole. Is he a real person? patsimp Oct 2015 #68

Yes, and he has also lost his job, LOL. I have no pity. These are the kinds of assholes who bettyellen Oct 2015 #69

I completely agree with you. patsimp Oct 2015 #130

I'm not in favor of ruining someone's life, but Oneironaut Oct 2015 #2

"I feel bad for him" marmar Oct 2015 #5

Sometimes people make stupid decisions. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #11

well ... GeorgeGist Oct 2015 #16

And there are always consequences. nt kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #17

No doubt about it. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #50

do you think this is the only time he has ever said things like this ? JI7 Oct 2015 #24

I doubt it. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #51

Me too, and right. To see that sweet little face and go off like that... Hortensis Oct 2015 #58

I know. It's sad to think of that innocent little boy being the focus of such mean remarks. Chemisse Oct 2015 #82

This wasn't just a stupid decision gollygee Oct 2015 #25

Agree, but no one would know he was a racist, Oneironaut Oct 2015 #55

if they all kept their mouths shut, the world would be a better place. workplaces less hostile. bettyellen Oct 2015 #71

^^ this nt artislife Oct 2015 #99

But that was a stupid action born out of racist thought. Stupid doesn't explain him being racist. cui bono Oct 2015 #97

Then fucking racists like that ass hat have been making stupid decisions for about 300 or so years. jtuck004 Oct 2015 #121

I don't either classykaren Oct 2015 #126

+1000 Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #137

Awww---got the sads for a racist. trumad Oct 2015 #6

I don't have the "sads" for anyone. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #14

you seem to think the problem was him doing it in public JI7 Oct 2015 #27

Not at all Oneironaut Oct 2015 #44

He hardly destroyed his life. This is America brush Oct 2015 #29

Could be. He definitely screwed himself, though. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #46

At least he had a choice to make. The black child had no choice. Midnight Writer Oct 2015 #109

Apparently he has a criminal record, so probably not the first stupid mistake. yardwork Oct 2015 #7

I'm not sorry for him. Who goes along with these kind of comments? Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #8

As you wrote, given his employer's industry, this was stupid to the nth degree Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #9

". . . chose to aim at a young child who probably viewed him as a safe adult." Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #107

I suggest you save your sympathetic feelings for victims of racism Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #10

I wouldn't call it "sympathy." Oneironaut Oct 2015 #47

but in this case he is causing harm to others. the person who falls in a cage JI7 Oct 2015 #57

That's not really the point, though. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #61

You are missing the point malaise Oct 2015 #88

You dont stick other people's kids on your fb feed w/o permission like they're some sort of exhibit Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #74

he's a shitty human being and obviously has no business working in that field geek tragedy Oct 2015 #12

I'm sure he'll make a fine hedge fund manager or pharmaceutical exec. Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #20

He has the moral acumen but not basic intelligence for those roles nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #22

He had a shot to shut them up with the first jerkwad comment. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2015 #13

who ruined his life ? JI7 Oct 2015 #21

He did by acting dumb and being a racist. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #48

So he'll find a job with some other racist douchebags, and be around "his own kind" freeplessinseattle Oct 2015 #92

In the Navy maxrandb Oct 2015 #28

Racism is racism. The world doesn't need this asshole. nt valerief Oct 2015 #32

I don't "feel bad for him." MineralMan Oct 2015 #34

bias compels us to label a thing "stupid" to minimize what it in fact, really is-- racism. LanternWaste Oct 2015 #40

This was racism and stupid. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #49

These people ruined their own lifes. frylock Oct 2015 #59

We're 100% in agreement. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #62

He can always wash cars padfun Oct 2015 #63

OR he can apply for a job as a NOLALady Oct 2015 #80

Modern communications both enabled his behavior and perhaps Hortensis Oct 2015 #66

It's illegal to take and publish photos of children without permission blm Oct 2015 #76

I never heard of that law. Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #129

I feel bad for the child. NOLALady Oct 2015 #78

the man is in marketing ffs. mopinko Oct 2015 #135

Cute kid. Ugly adults. fishwax Oct 2015 #3

That's exactly what I was thinking! MatthewStLouis Oct 2015 #136

K&R! marym625 Oct 2015 #4

Darwin award jack_krass Oct 2015 #15

Social Darwinism is a Republican construct. I hate any reference too it. Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #108

maybe jack_krass Oct 2015 #120

Multiple Firings After Racially Charged Facebook Remarks Mocking a Black Child Go Viral Malraiders Oct 2015 #18

This guy left a comment: Contrary1 Oct 2015 #31

"I thought only my racist buddies could read my facebook" workinclasszero Oct 2015 #19

Well he posted it "public" CreekDog Oct 2015 #111

Is it too late for me to change my race? Orrex Oct 2015 #23

What did we do to these people to earn this hatred?? malaise Oct 2015 #26

His friends who left comments wheniwasincongress Oct 2015 #30

Not necessarily. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #72

at least one of them has been fired thus far wheniwasincongress Oct 2015 #81

At least one of them. toddwv Oct 2015 #93

That's exactly what should happen. Fire the bastids! MineralMan Oct 2015 #33

I don't get this. He posted the pic with no comment, right? cwydro Oct 2015 #35

No. He made comments too. marmar Oct 2015 #37

Fill me in. I don't understand why he posted the pic to begin with. cwydro Oct 2015 #41

Geris Hilton. Look at the pic of his FB thread. marmar Oct 2015 #42

Ok, I'll look again. cwydro Oct 2015 #43

Geris Hilton posted the pic, with no text Reter Oct 2015 #95

he responded to the bigoted posts with the feral comment . and you don't see the racism in that ? JI7 Oct 2015 #98

Feril could be racist Reter Oct 2015 #132

If he meant no harm, why didn't he respond with "Hey, asshole, I don't appreciate you MADem Oct 2015 #115

I don't support his stupid comment Reter Oct 2015 #133

He got himself fired. Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #152

Actually it is rpannier Oct 2015 #123

there are many people who post pics of themselves doing nothing JI7 Oct 2015 #52

Yeah, I guess that's it. cwydro Oct 2015 #56

I had the same puzzlement you did jberryhill Oct 2015 #101

They fired the PoS for this -GOOD azurnoir Oct 2015 #36

Seems like a lot of people should be in trouble. progressoid Oct 2015 #38

I hope all these people get fired from where ever they work. kwassa Oct 2015 #54

at least three have so far! bettyellen Oct 2015 #73

I am seriously speechless - it is one thing to think racist nadine_mn Oct 2015 #127

One nice thing about social media is that it lets you know who to stay away from. Initech Oct 2015 #39

That is fucked up Marrah_G Oct 2015 #45

Beautiful child. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #53

Sometimes I want to smack people. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #60

You FIRED! Oh wait,, perhaps the Tump "campain" will HIRE him! n/t vkkv Oct 2015 #64

Thanks for posting Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #65

Ugh. Glad he was fired Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #67

Publicly posting a picture of a co-workers kid while at work and then talking shit? Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #70

But we are a post-racist society. mhatrw Oct 2015 #75

that child is pure happy innocense and that adult is pure ugly and disgusting lunatica Oct 2015 #77

Yep Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #83

Let me guess. None of those people actually feel that way. They are not racist and it Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2015 #79

you notice the usual crew that chimes in to see that things aren't racist CreekDog Oct 2015 #112

We at least have one making an ass out themselves over this. Oh and did Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2015 #119

Emily Irene Red, commented: “I didn’t know you were a slave owner”. Fired! Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #84

Racist asses Dylan Keenan and tim zheng tries to explain and apologize Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #85

Thanks for links ejbr Oct 2015 #116

my first impression from the pic: "what an adorable kid!" Skittles Oct 2015 #86

Yeah, I see the picture of Cayden and it fills my heart with love, and hope for the future. NBachers Oct 2015 #105

WTF kind of human being sees an adorable kid and acts like this? etherealtruth Oct 2015 #87

The kind that all too prevalent. nt kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #89

So glad to see the racist friends got nailed too. Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #90

It's OK, he's not a racist. toddwv Oct 2015 #91

They said stupid things while wrongly thinking they were funny Reter Oct 2015 #94

this was an attack on a specific child of a coworker with him posting the child's pic JI7 Oct 2015 #100

Where the fuck do you work where the N-word can be uttered and you aren't immediately terminated? Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #113

In an all-white workforce Reter Oct 2015 #131

And you said they are government employees? Sounds like your workplace may be in violation... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #149

And you're silent when they do that because? Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #153

Who is the creepy looking dude with the big hairy caterpillars on his forehead tavernier Oct 2015 #96

So much wrong here Prism Oct 2015 #102

Kudos to Michael Da Graca Pinto, President for speaking up and acting responsibly. No Vested Interest Oct 2015 #103

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #138

he posted a pic of a coworkers child and they went on to attack that child with racist comments JI7 Oct 2015 #140

Glad they got fired. romanic Oct 2015 #104

A.) That kid is adorable. Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #106

"I'm a victim too" wheniwasincongress Oct 2015 #110

He's right. He's the victim here. Surely we'll see a caption of him telling his Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2015 #118

Fuck. Him. Quackers Oct 2015 #114

Oh to have heard those firings! ejbr Oct 2015 #117

Read a few things on this clown rpannier Oct 2015 #122

One of Gerod's friends is a proud racist, continuing to post... OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #124

wow, that jackwagon really doubled down fishwax Oct 2015 #146

What complete sh*theads. That kid is adorable. Vinca Oct 2015 #125

Perpetual ignorance lykemike Oct 2015 #128

I believe you are wrong about what America thinks. tavernier Oct 2015 #134

Post removed Post removed Oct 2015 #139

You are terribly confused, there is a right to say whatever you want, there is no right geek tragedy Oct 2015 #141

People do not have the right to not have consequences for their actions. uppityperson Oct 2015 #142

He does have freedom of speech. Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #143

Freedom of speech means the government can't stop you from saying what you like. herding cats Oct 2015 #144

Fuck off troll....... Is that considered freedom of speech too? Oh and your first sentence needs a Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2015 #145

"And who is this Michael Da Graca Pinto guy?" The BOSS, lol. There is no freedom from consequences bettyellen Oct 2015 #147

Are you he? Catherine Vincent Oct 2015 #148

Was he arrested for being a dirtbag? ScreamingMeemie Oct 2015 #150

Update.. Geris fired from 2nd job. Toddler's gofundme account = $2100 Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #151