Greg Howard, a Marianna Florida middle-school teacher has been suspended for 10 days without pay after he wrote a racially charged interpretation of a commonly used phrase in the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama.
While some parents and community activists were outraged by the actions of Greg Howard, Jackson County NAACP officials want to gather more facts before the group considers taking action. But some parents feel Howard should be fired.
Larry Moore, deputy superintendent for the Jackson County School District, said school officials determined Howard wrote an acronym with an explanation on a dry-erase board in his class Sept. 26 at Marianna Middle School.
It said:
C.H.A.N.G.E. — Come Help A (N-word) Get Elected.
Howard, who's been teaching in the district for 17 years, wrote the comment during his seventh-grade social-studies class that included 17 white students, six black students and one Asian.
Why hasn't this guy been fired? Hey, check out what a Google search returns for "Greg Howard, Marianna FL".
Read the complete story here. Thanks to oneutah.org for pointing this out to me.
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