Officials of a
Georgia school district has fired one of its employees after the employee, Jane
Allen, described the US first lady Michelle Obama as a gorilla on Facebook last `
week. Forsyth County Schools said in a statement that elementary school
paraprofessional Jane Wood Allen was fired Monday. The statement reads in part:
“Racism and
discrimination are not tolerated” in the school district.
District
spokeswoman Jennifer Caracciolo confirmed Monday that the decision to fire
Allen was made after officials learned of the Facebook racist posting where
Allen referred to the first lady as a gorilla.
Allen wrote on
her Facebook page:
“This poor
Gorilla. How is she going to function in the real world, by not having all of
her luxurious vacations paid for anymore? She needs to focus on getting total
make-over (especially the hair), instead of planning vacations! She is a
disgrace to America!”
Allen's
Facebook page has since being deactivated.
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