Ohio Teacher Fired Over Comment on Black President
Friday Apr 18, 2014
An Ohio teacher has been fired after a black student who said he
wanted to become president claimed the teacher told him the nation
didn’t need another black commander in chief.
The Fairfield Board of Education voted 4-0 on Thursday night to
fire science teacher Gil Voigt from Fairfield Freshman School, according
to The Cincinnati Enquirer (http://cin.ci/1kIkFmQ ).
"The district felt that the evidence was sufficient to support the
termination of Mr. Voigt’s employment," Superintendent Paul Otten said
in statement.
Voigt did not immediately return a call seeking comment Friday but has said the student misquoted him.
Voigt, who is white, told school officials that what he actually
told the teen was that he doesn’t think the nation can afford another
president like Barack Obama, "whether he’s black or white."
A state referee investigating Voigt found that explanation was not credible.
The referee also found Voigt had made other offensive comments in
class over the years, including an accusation that in 2008, he trained
his laser pointer at a black student and said he looked like "an
African-American Rudolph."
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