[Bgs-list] help me understand

[Rob Currie]

Is she saying that other teachers of color did the same thing and wasn't
reprimanded? That's the only way I could understand her claim of reverse
discrimination!

On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:42 AM Curtis D White Sr. <cdwhite at clemson.edu>
wrote:

> *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?*
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> *Teacher fired over controversial slavery lesson building $1 billion
> class-action lawsuit*
>
> Lauren Holter,Yahoo Lifestyle 1 hour 20 minutes ago
>
> [image:
> https://s3.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/MhGgTwkvcjoL7UrqdY1c9Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW15O3c9NjQwO3E9NzU7c209MQ--/http:/media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/f3d5ae9e985e994b72988522d463b1b3]Patricia
> 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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