I thought most snarky comments about Black holidays were about Juneteenth but apparently Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a topic of conversation too. A secretary at a Louisiana high school made a wack joke referring to the holiday as N****r Day in a text that got exposed and ended up costing her her job, according to a Daily Mail report.
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Ouachita Parish Junior High School secretary Nelwyn Fontana (or should I say former secretary) allegedly sent a series of text messages to someone she referred to as โcoachโ discussing the day off.
โNโ- day lol mark Luther Kingโฆ Remind your [players] Sunday [weโre] off Monday for Mark Luther King day Monday,โ read the message.
I did yโall a favor fixing a few of the hundred typos. Also... whoโs Mark?! If sheโs spitting racial slurs, the disrespectful misnaming of Dr. King could have been intentional or maybe she really just canโt spell. A few messages later she retracted her remarks realizing how ridiculous she sounded.
โIโm very sorry coach I didnโt mean to send that first text to u please forgive me.โ
Her apology was certainly too late as the screenshot of her message was blasted all over Facebook. As a result, Fontana faced a gruesome amount of backlash from both parents and community members.
Read more about it from the Daily Mail:
In a Facebook post on Monday, Walter Geno McLaughlin, who describes himself as an artist, activist and organizer, shared a video revealing an image of former Ouachita Parish Junior High School secretary Nelwyn Fontana alongside a screenshot of her alleged texts.
โNelwyn Fontana is office secretary at Ouachita Jr High in Monroe, LA and took time on this #MLKDay to let us know how she really feels about honoring Dr. King,โ McLaughlin wrote in the post shared to Facebook.
โWhat she didnโt realize is that she accidentally sent her hate filled message to the wrong person.โ
McLaughlin continued: โThese are the type of people we entrust to educate our children. โฆFrom what I understand the school district allowed her to resign but there are many who feel like she shouldโve been terminated.โ
According to the Monroe News-Star, the Ouachita Parish Superintendent Don Coker confirmed Ms. Fontana is no longer employed by the school board. The high school principal said they do not โcondone any form of racism in their schools and community.โ
Ummโฆ are you sure? From the looks of the comments reacting to the Facebook post, some parents say this behavior isnโt new.
โAnybody actually from Ouachita.. and grew up in that system.. weโre not shockedโฆ lol.. we grew up in that shit,โ someone commented under the post.
โItโs been one thing after the other with this school,โ the parent said.
Itโs only a matter of time until we find out what other racist nonsense is going on down in Ouachita.
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