[Bgs-list] help me understand

Mon Jan 14 08:02:52 EST 2019

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On 1/14/19 7:57 AM, Abel Bartley wrote:
>
> First, we have to get the real story!
>
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> *Date: *Monday, January 14, 2019 at 7:43 AM
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> *Subject: *[Bgs-list] help me understand
>
> *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://s3.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/MhGgTwkvcjoL7UrqdY1c9Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW15O3c9NjQwO3E9NzU7c209MQ--/http:/media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/f3d5ae9e985e994b72988522d463b1b3Patricia 
> 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=DwMFAg&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=DwMFAg&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=DwMFAg&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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