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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone just tell me if the guy is racist.[/quote]

Based on the incident as described, I’d say no.  This whole thing is absurd and I have no idea why anyone would sign up to be a teacher anymore.

[i]“According to Engler’s complaint, Engler was attempting to keep 10tgrade students in his health class in their assigned seats on Feb. 8, 2023, in an effort to help him learn their names. Two students later reported to an administrator that Engler said that if they didn’t sit in their assigned seats, he wouldn’t be able to tell them apart, which they believed he said because they are Black, according to Engler’s complaint.”  [/i][/quote]

All this because the kids didn’t want to sit in their assigned seats?! And they blamed it on racism? That’s insane.

Can someone post the made up quote from the principal? [/quote]

This is not clear.

The teacher did say he can’t tell kids apart and he did also only say it to black kids but he didn’t say I can’t tell black kids apart. [/quote]

Were there kids who were not black who changed seats/refused to sit in their assigned seat?[/quote]

That's not the complaint. The complaint is that he said he couldn't tell the students apart. Of course this is true -- at the beginning of the year no one knows their students' names or faces. But these kids have been indoctrinated to see and speak out about racism in even the most harmless exchanges. So it was easy to claim he was saying, "I can't tell POC apart." Really lame IMO.[/quote]

I think the PP had a valid question because if white kids John and Jim and black kids Roy and Rick changed seats and the teacher only told Roy and Rick he could tell them apart if they weren't in their assigned seats, then it would sound like a "all black kids look the same to me" (racist) situation. If Roy and Rick are the only ones who changed seats, it's harder to know what the teacher meant. And if kids of various races changed seats and the teacher made a blanket statement that all kids had to be in their assigned seats so he can learn their names, that wouldn't be racist. Context matters here.[/quote]

Context that the jury heard presumably, and found in favor of the teacher, awarding considerable damages. A jury that was no doubt quite diverse. [/quote]

That's a different question. The PP asked if the teacher's comment was racist. That's not what the jury was deciding on. You can win a defamation suit even if you're racist! [/quote]

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