Crazy Talk: Professional Black Women 'Slaves'
Nine employees of the Tukwila School District have filed complaints of racial discrimination against their superintendent, Ethelda Burke, based on the inappropriate racial comments they say she made.
Ok, this type of thing happens from time to time, right?
Right. But what makes this story head-scratcher -- and inexcusable if the allegations are true -- is that Burke herself is black, MSNBC reports:
"She said to me you have to stop being a big, black man scaring our white drivers," says Doc Fells, driver trainer and dispatcher for the district. "And it numbed me."
A group of female staffers at Showalter Middle School says their superintendent once referred to them as slaves.
Crazy Talk: Professional Black Women 'Slaves'
Jenée Desmond-Harris
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:26:04 GMT
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