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DonViejo

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Sat Mar 3, 2018, 01:05 PM Mar 2018

Exclusive: Florida Public School Teacher Has A White Nationalist Podcast [View all]

Source: HuffPost




Dayanna Volitich suggests Muslims be eradicated from the earth, believes anti-Semitic conspiracy theories ... and teaches middle school social studies.

By Christopher Mathias, Jenna Amatulli, and Rebecca Klein

Dayanna Volitich, a 25-year-old social studies teacher at Crystal River Middle School in Florida, has been secretly hosting the white nationalist podcast “Unapologetic” under the pseudonym “Tiana Dalichov” and bragging about teaching her views in a public school, HuffPost has discovered.

In her most recent podcast on Feb. 26, a guest railed against diversity in schools, dismissing the idea that “a kid from Nigeria and a kid who came from Sweden are supposed to learn exactly the same” and have the “same IQ.” Volitich enthusiastically agreed with the guest, and went on to argue that “science” has proven that certain races are smarter than others.

In the same episode, Volitich boasted about bringing her white nationalist beliefs into the classroom and hiding her ideology from administrators. She said that when parents complained to the school’s principal about how she is injecting political bias into the classroom, Volitich lied to the principal and said it was not true.

“She believed me and backed off,” she said.

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/florida-public-school-teacher-white-nationalist-podcast_us_5a99ae32e4b089ec353a1fba

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FFS!!! K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2018 #1
K&R Glorfindel Mar 2018 #2
fascinating. Lets arm her now. -eom poboy2 Mar 2018 #3
White nationalist women are often overlooked and get less attention IronLionZion Mar 2018 #4
Excellent point. dalton99a Mar 2018 #6
So Dayanna Volitich aka Tiana Dalichov has admitted to being a racist propagandist and a liar. dalton99a Mar 2018 #5
The only thing the Trump-GOP will see wrong with this is,... LudwigPastorius Mar 2018 #7
The article says, "She lied to the principal and said it was not true." Stuart G Mar 2018 #8
Fire her and blackball her immediately! nt Lucky Luciano Mar 2018 #9
She needs to lose her job Bettie Mar 2018 #10
Now imagine her in a classroom with a firearm bronxiteforever Mar 2018 #11
Yeah workinclasszero Mar 2018 #21
The parents need to go back to that school PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #12
She can always work for Betsy DeVos. n/t Julian Englis Mar 2018 #13
can the parents of her students she attempted to mind poisen AmandaRuth Mar 2018 #14
"She believed me and backed off" paleotn Mar 2018 #15
isn't that required down there? yurbud Mar 2018 #16
at first, I thought this should be a national story until I read the article yurbud Mar 2018 #17
Dont be citrus county dont be citrus county d_r Mar 2018 #18
Shocked. Absolutely flabbergasted. We found a racist in America. briv1016 Mar 2018 #19
Did anyone else notice the irony... vi5 Mar 2018 #20
No, that irony is not lost... EarthFirst Mar 2018 #22
Only 42%? That number sees low vi5 Mar 2018 #23
You know what that means... duforsure Mar 2018 #24
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