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Louisiana teacher draws outrage after using n-word to describe neighborhood on Facebook
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:35 am
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:35 am
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The local NAACP is demanding accountability after Lafayette elementary teacher Julie Colley used the word when commenting in a Facebook group.
Civil rights groups and parents are calling for a Louisiana teacher to be fired after she used the n-word in a Facebook post.
Julie Colley, a teacher at Ossun Elementary School in Lafayette, used the slur when commenting in a group called “Whatz Goin On in Acadiana.”
Acadiana is one of the southern-most districts in Louisiana, containing 22 parishes, and it’s known for its strong French, Creole and Cajun influences.
Colley was responding to a post about a back-to-school giveaway, and in a comment to the start time of the event, she wrote, “Im not going at 6:30. Cameron St? That’s [n-word]ville after dark lol.”
The post was deleted from the group’s page but lives on in screenshots.
Marja Broussard, vice president of District D for the NAACP Louisiana State Conference, issued a statement on Colley’s words, writing, “We are appalled and hurt, but sadly not surprised to learn someone entrusted to guide and nurture our children, so easily shared such hatred for Black and Brown people, in a public forum. The racist anti-Black mentality has been alive in our community for decades, and we will stand up against it every time until it is eradicated.”
“We will not tolerate this bigotry that continues to traumatize our youth and further the narrative that our Black children are second-class citizens,” she continued. “The NAACP Louisiana State Conference, along with our district leaders and members, are calling on the Lafayette Parish School Board and Superintendent Irma Trosclair to institute racial and cultural diversity trainings for all staff immediately.”
Colley is a tutor and is assigned to monitor in-school suspension at her school.
Broussard added that “it is of grave concern that (the teacher) is the disciplinarian charged with monitoring and educating Black and Brown students who are assigned to In-School Suspension, at Ossun Elementary School (an elementary school with majority Black students, but minority Black staff).”
She called on Trosclair, the Lafayette Parish School System superintendent, to “immediately remove” Colley “from any ability to further traumatize students, especially Black and Brown, Indigenous, and immigrants, or from any ability to continue to teach this mentality to innocent students trusted in her care.”
The Lafayette Parish School System officials have only stated that “LPSS is aware of this situation and is conducting a thorough investigation into the matter. Because this is a personnel issue, no further information will be shared.”
Local news outlet KATC notes that suspensions and other disciplinary actions are a matter of public record, as is Colley’s teaching certificate, which is active and up-to-date.
Broussard added that Colley’s comment was significant because “history has proven the school-to-prison pipeline is perpetuated by this racist ideology (the teacher) so comfortably displayed to all of the world – that Blacks will always be the ‘N-word,’ and only worthy of enslavement, prisons, and torn-down businesses on the North Side of town, and where it’s too dark for any human dignity after 6:30 p.m.”
Yea, I don’t know what she was thinking about posting that on Facebook. Did she not think people were not going to notice nwordville?
The local NAACP is demanding accountability after Lafayette elementary teacher Julie Colley used the word when commenting in a Facebook group.
Civil rights groups and parents are calling for a Louisiana teacher to be fired after she used the n-word in a Facebook post.
Julie Colley, a teacher at Ossun Elementary School in Lafayette, used the slur when commenting in a group called “Whatz Goin On in Acadiana.”
Acadiana is one of the southern-most districts in Louisiana, containing 22 parishes, and it’s known for its strong French, Creole and Cajun influences.
Colley was responding to a post about a back-to-school giveaway, and in a comment to the start time of the event, she wrote, “Im not going at 6:30. Cameron St? That’s [n-word]ville after dark lol.”
The post was deleted from the group’s page but lives on in screenshots.
Marja Broussard, vice president of District D for the NAACP Louisiana State Conference, issued a statement on Colley’s words, writing, “We are appalled and hurt, but sadly not surprised to learn someone entrusted to guide and nurture our children, so easily shared such hatred for Black and Brown people, in a public forum. The racist anti-Black mentality has been alive in our community for decades, and we will stand up against it every time until it is eradicated.”
“We will not tolerate this bigotry that continues to traumatize our youth and further the narrative that our Black children are second-class citizens,” she continued. “The NAACP Louisiana State Conference, along with our district leaders and members, are calling on the Lafayette Parish School Board and Superintendent Irma Trosclair to institute racial and cultural diversity trainings for all staff immediately.”
Colley is a tutor and is assigned to monitor in-school suspension at her school.
Broussard added that “it is of grave concern that (the teacher) is the disciplinarian charged with monitoring and educating Black and Brown students who are assigned to In-School Suspension, at Ossun Elementary School (an elementary school with majority Black students, but minority Black staff).”
She called on Trosclair, the Lafayette Parish School System superintendent, to “immediately remove” Colley “from any ability to further traumatize students, especially Black and Brown, Indigenous, and immigrants, or from any ability to continue to teach this mentality to innocent students trusted in her care.”
The Lafayette Parish School System officials have only stated that “LPSS is aware of this situation and is conducting a thorough investigation into the matter. Because this is a personnel issue, no further information will be shared.”
Local news outlet KATC notes that suspensions and other disciplinary actions are a matter of public record, as is Colley’s teaching certificate, which is active and up-to-date.
Broussard added that Colley’s comment was significant because “history has proven the school-to-prison pipeline is perpetuated by this racist ideology (the teacher) so comfortably displayed to all of the world – that Blacks will always be the ‘N-word,’ and only worthy of enslavement, prisons, and torn-down businesses on the North Side of town, and where it’s too dark for any human dignity after 6:30 p.m.”
Yea, I don’t know what she was thinking about posting that on Facebook. Did she not think people were not going to notice nwordville?
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:37 am to Byrdybyrd05
Too dumb to be a teacher
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:40 am to Byrdybyrd05
Mawmaw you gotta think before you hit send!
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:41 am to Byrdybyrd05
Racism aside, she should be removed from her role as an educator for being a dumbass with no feel
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:43 am to Byrdybyrd05
I don’t even care anymore.
quote:How millions feel about CRT but nobody gets fired.
We are appalled and hurt, but sadly not surprised to learn someone entrusted to guide and nurture our children, so easily shared such hatred for white people,
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:48 am to Byrdybyrd05
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she wrote, “Im not going at 6:30. Cameron St? That’s [n-word]ville after dark lol.”
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:49 am to Byrdybyrd05
Amazing the amount of power one word has.
Can get you arrested in Europe or Canada. Likely get you fired from your job in the US.
Think about that. The majority of society has an unspoken agreement that a person essentially deserves their life to be ruined for saying one single word.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:50 am to Byrdybyrd05
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That’s [n-word]ville after dark lol.”
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:53 am to AUstar
Her in the principal’s office
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:55 am to Byrdybyrd05
quote:.
“Im not going at 6:30. Cameron St? That’s [n-word]ville after dark lol.”
quote:
The post was deleted from the group’s page but lives on in screenshots
Don’t drink and have Facebook for God’s sake
Edit: On second thought just don’t have facebook. frick facebook
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 1:02 am
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:56 am to BatonrougeCajun
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Racism aside, she should be removed from her role as an educator for being a dumbass with no feel
This. Read the room
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:56 am to HerkFlyer
Im guessing someone hacked my facebook is coming soon defense...
Posted on 8/15/21 at 12:57 am to Obtuse1
I wonder what her take on this street is
Posted on 8/15/21 at 1:08 am to Byrdybyrd05
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The racist anti-Black mentality has been alive in our community for decades, and we will stand up against it every time until it is eradicated.”
Totally agree, make the word punishable offense....no matter WHO says it.
It can't be socially accepted anymore.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 1:08 am to Ripley
quote:
Amazing the amount of power one word has.
Can get you arrested in Europe or Canada. Likely get you fired from your job in the US.
Think about that. The majority of society has an unspoken agreement that a person essentially deserves their life to be ruined for saying one single word.
Yet knowing all that, idiots still do it. That’s the amazing thing.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 1:08 am to Ripley
quote:
Think about that. The majority of society has an unspoken agreement that a person essentially deserves their life to be ruined for saying one single word.
Only if the speaker is white.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 1:15 am to BuckyCheese
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Only if the speaker is white
Just like white people can call each other crackers with no repercussions. Its not racist unless someone of another race calls you the derogatory word. Not surprised you of all people dont understand that.
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 1:17 am
Posted on 8/15/21 at 1:24 am to Obtuse1
She is 64.
Probably grew up when the PC term was nword or colored.
Just a few years ago the PC term was African American.
Now we are back to the PC term being "blacks" or "people of color".
At this rate in a few years the left will have convinced us that nword is now the PC term.
Probably grew up when the PC term was nword or colored.
Just a few years ago the PC term was African American.
Now we are back to the PC term being "blacks" or "people of color".
At this rate in a few years the left will have convinced us that nword is now the PC term.
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