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[Curtis D White Sr.]

How can this be reverse discrimination "if" she stood on the backs of the children?  If you stand on the back of any child, you should be fired!!  What am I missing here?

Teacher fired over controversial slavery lesson building $1 billion class-action lawsuit
Lauren Holter,Yahoo Lifestyle 1 hour 20 minutes ago
[https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__s3.yimg.com_lo_api_res_1.2_MhGgTwkvcjoL7UrqdY1c9Q-2D-2D_YXBwaWQ9eW15O3c9NjQwO3E9NzU7c209MQ-2D-2D_http-3A_media.zenfs.com_en_homerun_feed-5Fmanager-5Fauto-5Fpublish-5F494_f3d5ae9e985e994b72988522d463b1b3-5DPatricia&d=DwIFAg&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=nncgU5jkTeoSu22T8M41tqRu3Swd6rFgoTl_6gia6-8jHfsmNOOsV9nCWFnXCxi3&m=WN5z--A6TNnNJ2b1aNRrTRPgARL_-Vb9Z-UVBgIhbVY&s=uoFxxhiM2UEAY2PnD9uOventdkOXn5vHH_ML2jgoI7A&e= Cummings claims she was the victim of reverse discrimination when she was fired from her New York City teaching job. (Photo: YouTube/PIX11 News)
A former New York City teacher<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.yahoo.com_lifestyle_tagged_teacher&d=DwIFAg&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=nncgU5jkTeoSu22T8M41tqRu3Swd6rFgoTl_6gia6-8jHfsmNOOsV9nCWFnXCxi3&m=WN5z--A6TNnNJ2b1aNRrTRPgARL_-Vb9Z-UVBgIhbVY&s=aDNnQk9Trg7RSxnFnmsKzTsemgcSkrJtYE_bW80Ex0o&e=> is heading to court after she was accused of forcing black students to lie on the floor while she stood on their backs during a slavery lesson. Following her termination in October, Patricia Cummings claimed she was the victim of reverse discrimination and is now ramping up a $1 billion class-action lawsuit.
"I have no career at this point," Cummings said at a Thursday press conference, per The New York Post,<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nypost.com_2019_01_10_teacher-2Dfired-2Dfor-2Dmaking-2Dblack-2Dstudents-2Dplay-2Dslaves-2Din-2Dclass-2Dplans-2D1b-2Dlawsuit_&d=DwIFAg&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=nncgU5jkTeoSu22T8M41tqRu3Swd6rFgoTl_6gia6-8jHfsmNOOsV9nCWFnXCxi3&m=WN5z--A6TNnNJ2b1aNRrTRPgARL_-Vb9Z-UVBgIhbVY&s=z4FzMvbsgiVdBwayjnDJ3U-6NrU0YhJGP4WvtdgWb5U&e=> describing how the allegation made against her have impacted her life.
Cummings claims the accusation that she stepped on students' backs is a lie, though she acknowledges that she had her students sit close together on the floor to demonstrate the conditions on slave ships.
"Ms. Cummings is a dedicated and competent teacher, who should never have been subjected to these false accusations, which have damaged her career and her reputation," Cummings' attorney, Thomas Liotti, told WABC<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__abc7ny.com_education_nyc-2Dteacher-2Dfired-2Dover-2Dslavery-2Dlesson-2Dto-2Dsue-2Dfor-2D-241-2Dbillion_5047541_&d=DwIFAg&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=nncgU5jkTeoSu22T8M41tqRu3Swd6rFgoTl_6gia6-8jHfsmNOOsV9nCWFnXCxi3&m=WN5z--A6TNnNJ2b1aNRrTRPgARL_-Vb9Z-UVBgIhbVY&s=ybY5jqacm3L8IaXXjwPCrheTwmRuZilL-ImanmZYjp4&e=> on Thursday. "This is a case of blatant reverse discrimination." Yahoo Lifestyle has reached out to Liotti for further comment.
The 37-year-old former teacher said at Thursday's press conference that the testimony of a black teacher who saw the slavery lesson in question will clear her name.
"Anyone who has met me knows I don't have that bone in my body," Cummings said. "I was brought up - you treat everybody the way you want to be treated."
Cummings filed a $120 million lawsuit against the New York City Department of Education and other city agencies, as The Post reports, but Liotti says they're also building a class-action case with other alleged victims of reverse discrimination. He believes that case is worth $1 billion.
The New York City Department of Education, however, said in a statement to WABC that Cummings was terminated "based on a thorough investigation and a review of her performance as an educator," adding that it will review her complaint.


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