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| Subject: Ridiculous PC bullshit: Ohio teacher to fight allegations of racist comments Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:56 am | |
| Gil Voigt, who was suspended indefinitely without pay for remark to student, has requested a hearing.
A suburban Cincinnati teacher, suspended indefinitely, will fight allegations that he made a racist remark to an African-American student last month.
The teacher, Gil Voigt, told The Cincinnati Enquirer that he has requested a hearing to defend himself against the accusations.
STORY: Ohio teacher suspended indefinitely for racist comment
According to officials in the Butler County, Ohio, school district, Voigt told a black male student, who had professed his desire to follow President Barack Obama as president of the United States that "we do not need another black president."
Nearby students also reported hearing the comment, according to a Fairfield assistant superintendent who conducted a review on the allegation. In the 9,500-student district, almost 1 of every 6 students is black.
But Voigt, a Fairfield Freshman School teacher since 2000, disputes the accusation. He told school officials that his statement was misquoted by the student, who Voigt said, was not a very good student and was troublesome in class.
Voigt told Fairfield officials that he told the student "I think we can't afford another president like Obama, whether he's black or white."
"There was no way I was trying to indicate the color of his (Obama's) skin had anything to do with his politics," Voigt wrote in a statement to school officials.
Voigt, who remains on unpaid suspension, said he will be represented at the hearing by an attorney from the Ohio Education Association but declined to comment further.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/06/teacher-accused-racism-fighting-allegations/4344717/ |
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