Officials of a Georgia school district has fired one of its employees after the employee, Jane Allen, described the US first lady Michelle Obama as a gorilla on Facebook last week. Forsyth County Schools said in a statement that elementary school paraprofessional Jane Wood Allen was fired Monday.
The statement reads in part:
“Racism and discrimination are not tolerated” in the school district.
District spokeswoman Jennifer Caracciolo confirmed Monday that the decision to fire Allen was made after officials learned of the Facebook racist posting where Allen referred to the first lady as a gorilla.
Allen wrote on her Facebook page:
“This poor Gorilla. How is she going to function in the real world, by not having all of her luxurious vacations paid for anymore? She needs to focus on getting total make-over (especially the hair), instead of planning vacations! She is a disgrace to America!”
Allen's Facebook page has since being deactivated.
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WE MUST NOT COMPOUND HATE WITH RACISM OR INSULTS.I HAVE LIVED AMONG THEM AND KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INSULTS AND RACISM.WHAT IF IT HAD BEEN THE OTHER WAY ROUND AND A BLACKMAN OR WOMAN CALLS A WHITEMAN PIG.IS THAT RACISM? IN EUROPE IT IS A TABOO TO USE THE WORD NIGGER BUT YOU GO TO BRAZIL AND LADIES AND MEN AFFECTIONATELY REFERS TO THEIR HUBBYS AS MY NIGGER.IS THAT RACISM? RACISM IS PREJUDICE,DISCRIMINATION,OR ANTAGONISM AGAINST SOMEONE OF DIFFERENT RACE.WHAT IF THE WOMAN IN QUESTION WAS BLACK? OR YOU THINK BLACK AMERICANS DONT INSULT THE OBAMAS?
How is this not racism when the Clintons and Bushes were not accused by the lady for going on "luxurious vacation"? What do you think was her motivation? I think the ***barred word*** didn't even know Michelle was a whole self-made lady before becoming the Obama's lawyer and later his wife. Calling her gorilla and referring to vacations means she simply couldn't stomach blacks in white house let alone vacations.
What about the husband? Shall we call him black pig or mr. dumbo? Under his presidency, more blacks have been brutally murdered BY POLICE than at any point in the history of America. Folks should remember that obama condemned the killing of white policemen in dallas but he failed to condemn the killing of blacks by police
I AM SURE ALL HELL WOULD HAVE BROKEN LOOSE IF THIS LADY HAD BEEN FIRED IN AFRICA FOR INSULTING THE PRESIDENT OR HIS WIFE.THANK GOD THAT IT HAPPEND IN THE USA.NO SOCIETY TOLERATES THEIR LEADERS AND ELDERS BEING INSULTED PERIOD. I ALSO AGREE WITH JGEE THAT THIS WAS AN INSULT AND NOT RACISM.
That is the negative effect of makeup. You look beautiful when you apply it and urgly when you don't apply. This is an advise to all women, be proud and be yourself. Alicia Keys I salute you!
At JGEE, only your shallow knowledeg on the meaning of Racist and insults
THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INSULTING AND RACISM.I DO NOT CONDONE INSULTING OTHERS EXPECIALLY OUR SENIORS BUT WE MUST DISTINCT BETWEEN THE TWO.IN GHANA,INSULTS ARE NOT RASCIST BUT LACK OF COMPETENCE ON OTHERS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BETTER.
Ghanaians must learn from this,that you don't insult others even if you disagree with them.Insulting others is not free speech or a sign of matured democracy. Let's learn to speak our minds without insulting anyone please