Here’s yet another story to teach us all to play nice on Twitter, and if you don’t follow that rule, make sure your employers are cool. Last night I caught onto a few people angry at a Twitter account professing to be a teacher that tweeted this incendiary language:
gosh they're always so brave at first, and then they lock their accounts lol… here's the tweet.. I got others.. pic.twitter.com/LRnba5Rzk7
— el Sooper ن (@SooperMexican) November 8, 2014
This lady teaches English at a U.S. public school.. and we wonder why education is failing our students… pic.twitter.com/jU49aiWFtO
— el Sooper ن (@SooperMexican) November 8, 2014
As I noted in the tweet, the woman made her account private after mocking her detractors repeatedly and saying she didn’t care if anyone criticized. Now, I found out her name is Vinita Hegwood and where she worked, but withheld the information until my good friend Bill at Weasel Zippers decided to post it. After many others jumped on the bandwagon to demand punishment from her school district, they tweeted this statement tonight:
As an individual, Ms. Vinita Hegwood expressed an opinion on social media that is solely her own. She used her personal social (cont.)
— Duncanville ISD (@DuncanvilleISD) November 10, 2014
(cont.) media to make remarks that are offensive. While everyone has the right to free speech, as a teacher in the district, (cont.)
— Duncanville ISD (@DuncanvilleISD) November 10, 2014
(cont.) we believe the comments that are alleged to be made by Ms. Hegwood are absolutely reprehensible and we do not condone it. (cont.)
— Duncanville ISD (@DuncanvilleISD) November 10, 2014
(cont.) The district is taking swift action in this matter within the authority set forth by district policy. (cont.)
— Duncanville ISD (@DuncanvilleISD) November 10, 2014
(cont.)Duncanville ISD embraces diversity and is not defined by the personal opinion of one. http://t.co/T8tBgP4VKQ
— Duncanville ISD (@DuncanvilleISD) November 10, 2014
Uh ohhh! Someone’s in trouble. These are not “alleged” tweets, she made those comments from her account and many others saw them, not just me. Here’s another I haven’t seen anyone else post that glorifies the thug life:
Hey let's glorify #ThugLife and then bitch and whine when the media calls us that!! oh wait, that's stupid.. pic.twitter.com/P2Jo0NnZZB
— el Sooper ن (@SooperMexican) November 8, 2014
Ah well. I’m not sure that I would want someone making such blatantly racist comments teaching my kids. But I doubt they’ll take this too seriously. After all, it’s not like she’s white or anything.
UPDATE! Here are MORE controversial tweets of hers that you won’t see ANYWHERE ELSE!!AMP
UPDATE! She’s being FIRED!!AMP