Principal’s ‘racist’ outburst during graduation ceremony

[Jazzy]

A school principal alienated pretty much all of her pupils in one go when she made apparently racist remarks during a graduation ceremony.

Nancy Gordeuk had a go at students who were leaving the event at TNT Academy in Lilburn, Georgia.


She later apologized saying her emotions had got the better of her.

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Wow, I hope she got fired immediately.

 

[mrldii]

WOW. In a church, too.

 

[cali]

Apologizing as an afterthought does not negate THAT douchebaggery. What an unacceptable display. I do not do well with racist issues, I stand for antihate antiracism antiprejudice and antiviolence.

 

[Dee]

Totally and completely uncalled for, especially given her racist opinion was quite hypocritical. According to the description of the video, everything was essentially her fault, but she blamed the "leaving" on the crowd instead of her disorganization. I wouldn't want to put up with that shit either, so good on the person who recorded her blatant prejudice and made it go viral. This shit needs to STOP.

 

[~KAGE-008]

Totally and completely uncalled for, especially given her racist opinion was quite hypocritical. According to the description of the video, everything was essentially her fault, but she blamed the "leaving" on the crowd instead of her disorganization. I wouldn't want to put up with that shit either, so good on the person who recorded her blatant prejudice and made it go viral. This shit needs to STOP.

I'd say more on this, but apparently @Dee's reply beaten mine. I agree with the above too.

 

[Jazzy]

Son of high school principal who sparked outrage with racist outburst at graduation ceremony defends her:

On Saturday, Gordeuk issued an apology for her remarks, which she said were made 'in the emotional state of trying to let this last student finish his speech' after inadvertently skipping it.

'Frustrated with the prospect of ruining the once-in-a-lifetime ceremony the graduates have worked so hard for, my emotions got the best of me and that is when I blurted out "you people are being so rude to not listen to this speech,"' Gordeuk wrote in an apology letter, obtained by NBC News.

In relation to her slur about 'all the black people' leaving, she said: 'When I looked up all I saw was black families leaving, and thus the comment.' She added: 'I deeply apologize for my actions.'

In an interview with WSB, Gordeuk went on to say that she does not believe her statement was racist.

'It was not a statement of racism, it was just my frustration,' she said.

Since the incident, Gordeuk says the video has made her a target and that she hasn't been able to eat or sleep - but she's hoping to put it all behind her.

'I'm sorry it happened. So sorry. But God has forgiven me and we'll just go forward from there,' she said.

What good Gordeuk's apology might have done was quickly negated by a Facebook post from a man who appears to be her son, Travis Gordeuk.

On Saturday, Travis came to his mother's aide writing a post using yet a racial slur.

''If anyone has something to say about my mom and how she ran her graduation, come say it to my face...Yall n***** aren't talkin shit so if u got something to say come see me face to face,' Travis wrote.

I can only imagine her behavior in private. And she is supposed to be setting an example for her impressionable students. I guess her son has shown us the results of her teachings. And that God comment....

Your thoughts?

 

[Dee]

How exactly is it not racist when you deliberately single out a group of people based on nothing more than their skin color? What exactly was going through her mind when she blurted that out and what were all the black people supposed to think? This is partially the problem with racism today, people simply are kidding themselves when they say they are not racist. And yet they allow themselves to stumble when it comes to their true feelings, but back up and insist they cannot be racist as others claim. I'm sure the only reason she feels bad is because she was called out on it and she should've been. Until some people in this country actually stop kidding themselves and any they are racist or have racist tenancies, no progress is going to be made in the fight against ending it.