A pair of white teachers were kicked out of class for a secretly recorded tirade in which one of them used the words f and n to scold students for their behavior.
A 9-minute video posted to Facebook by parent Cherie Allen after her daughter filmed a March 18 rant at Carriters High School shows a male and female teacher scolding a class of seventh-graders for their language and behavior while hurling vile slurs themselves.
They are said to have flared up after a student threw a book across the classroom, although the moment was not caught on camera.
The male teacher is visible, but the female remains out of the frame.
Both unnamed teachers are currently under investigation and have been transferred to bus complexes, Jefferson County Public Schools spokeswoman Carolyn Callahan told The Louisville Courier-Journal.
The nature of their work there remains unclear, including whether they work directly with children.
“I get scolded 40 times a day, I’m tired of this shit too,” the man says.
“Like what if you were all of us and some bad ass little kids came up to you and said, ‘Fuck you bitch?’ he asked the students. “Either you’ll be called a ***** or a burglar.”
The couple, both white, scold the students throughout the clip, and the man uses the N-word at least twice.
The teachers are said to have exploded after a student threw a book across the classroom, although the moment was not caught on camera.
“Don’t turn around like this is something new, this isn’t… They call me ***** every day,” he told the students, who seemed to be expressing shock.
“Several times a day, also with a hard R. You can say the same to your parents. I’m using it in context because that’s the shit that comes out of your mouths.”
At another point, he tells the students, “If you want to act like a clown, do it at home. Do it on the streets. Not here.’
The teacher told the students, some of whom were black, that she was tired of the “excuse” that race plays a major role in how police treat people.
She asked students what would happen if they “behave the way some of your classmates behave if they are stopped by the police.”
“Do you think the policeman will say: “No problem, we will give you another chance, go home to mommy”? No, they will put you on the ground, whatever color you are,” she said.
“So let’s not even use that as an excuse. I’m tired of this. I don’t care if you’re yellow, purple, red, white, black, brown, tan. It has to do with your actions. Being human is colorblind.
“You can’t pair my child with others and talk derogatory or derogatory because your day isn’t going well,” Allen captioned the video. “You, as a caregiver, have chosen this profession, so you need to come up with a better method for using more professional vocabulary, but you cannot introduce my child to inappropriate behavior and vulgarity”
The school principal emailed the parents the day after the incident (pictured)
“You have to learn to filter your mouth – you can’t just push out everything that goes into your brain. In real life, it will get you in trouble with real consequences.”
She also said she was tired of hearing “excuses” for students misbehaving because of “COVID and injury.”
– No, you are all people, you know how to act.
“I’m all for being nice and having fun, but when you all start treating me like crap, it’ll be the same.”
contacted two people who were named teachers online by their parents. The school district has not confirmed their identities.
The magazine reviewed the video of the events leading up to the video’s posting and said the tirade was instigated by a student throwing a book into the classroom.
The teachers seem to know they are being recorded, with the male teacher saying, “If you record me, I don’t care because I’m tired of it.”
About 615 students are enrolled at Carriters High School this year, according to the district: 37 percent black, 38 percent white, 18 percent Hispanic, and 14 percent fall into another category.
About 615 students are enrolled at Carriters High School this year, according to the district: 37 percent black, 38 percent white, 18 percent Hispanic, and 14 percent fall into another category.
The video has been viewed more than 7,500 times since it was posted.
“You can’t pair my child with others and talk derogatory or derogatory because your day isn’t going well,” Allen captioned the video. “You, as an educator, have chosen this profession, so you need to come up with a better method for using a more professional vocabulary, but you cannot teach my child to inappropriate behavior and vulgarity.”
“My heart was broken because she was not subjected to this level of aggression from anyone, and no one spoke to her directly in this way,” Allen told the Courier-Journal.
“It’s not right that she learned about this from educators, whom she should trust and trust when I’m not around.”
Allen also told the publication that she believed the male teacher was “indirectly calling her.” [the students] W-words because the boy who caused the breakdown was a black kid.”
The day after the incident, the school principal sent an email to the parents:
“We have been made aware that an audio recording of two teachers from our school has come to light,” Principal Denise Franklin-Williams wrote.
“Its content includes teachers using inappropriate and racially insensitive language. We take this issue seriously. I want to assure you that we will look into this matter and will follow the JCPS policies and procedures in this process.”