Texas Teacher Who Gave Student ‘Most Likely to Become a Terrorist’ Award Is Out of a Job -
By CHRISTINE HAUSERJUNE 7, 2017
A teacher at a Texas middle school is out of a job after she gave mock awards to students
that included designations like “most likely to become a terrorist” and “most likely to blend in with white people,” the school district and local media reports said.
According to a report on Fox 26, the mother of a black seventh grader said
that her daughter, Sydney Caesar, was given an award that read “most likely to blend in with white people.”
“For that child to either be called a terrorist or she’s not black enough, basically now the students are taking that,
and that’s her label for the rest of the school year,” said Sydney’s mother, Latonya Robinson
“We have concluded our investigation, and the teacher responsible is no longer employed by the district,” the Channelview Independent School District said in a one-sentence statement when asked on Wednesday to confirm reports
that the teacher was no longer working at the school, in Channelview, near Houston.
“I don’t like it.” She told the station that other students were given certificates
that read “most likely to cry” or “most likely to become homeless in Guatemala.’”
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