A California school district has been criticized for failing to fire a high school teacher who went viral after the election with a profanity-filled rant against Donald Trump, calling the president-elect a rapist and comparing him to Hitler.
Tuesday's Moreno Valley Unified School District board meeting descended into chaos after several parents called for the firing of AP history educator Maximiliano Perez, citing the Nov. 6 collapse of the middle class.
At Tuesday's board meeting, outraged parents from all backgrounds took turns criticizing Perez's racist comments and the district for not yet firing the offending teacher.
Perez, who the 45th president and future 47th president also called a “rapist, draft evader and coward,” was placed on administrative leave while the school district investigated his abuse.
“It's time for school districts to stop tolerating hate speech in the classroom. There should be zero tolerance for hate speech,” one mother argued in a video shared online by education activists. Corey DeAngelis.
“When a Hispanic man says he wants to be white… it's infuriating. Yo Soi Mexicana. I'm Chicana. I'm indigenous and my family voted for Trump. [the teacher] You should be fired… you will be given a warning,” she said.
One father called on students to support Perez after the teacher made remarks aimed at the Hispanic population, which makes up 75% of the country. Number of students in the school district.
“what [Mr. Perez] The most racist comment was their father telling them that if they had voted for Trump, they only did so because they wished they were white. That's the worst thing. It's unfortunate,” the father said.
“He said things you should never say. He used profanity. He has a right to say things like that, but that's not the case at our school. It's a red line. I just exceeded the limit… There must be some serious consequences.''
disturbing abuse, recorded by Perez, one of the students in the class, was captured in a video that has been viewed more than 2 million times, calling the students' families and claiming they were the reason Trump was elected president.
“This is not a shit game!'' the teacher said to the classroom full of students.
“Will human rights go away? Yes. Will it happen to you? Probably not. That’s good, but has Donald Trump ever quoted Hitler? Yes. Does it embody some of that? Yes,” Perez said. Told in a lecture format A question for his students.
The troubled teacher went on to claim that Vice President Kamala Harris lost to Trump because she has a “vagina and uterus” and “melanin,” and when he replaced her with Joe Biden on the July ballot. She admitted that she cried for a week.
“Donald Trump won… because black men and brown men didn't vote for Kamala Harris,” Perez reportedly said. “I know a lot of Latino men on this campus who love Donald Trump, but he called their mothers rapists. He called their fathers rapists… And they voted for him.”
“I know a lot of Latino men who wish they were white, but they would never admit it,” he added. “There's a lot of your fathers. There's a lot of uncles. There's a lot of grandpas. Oh my god, they want to be so white, but they'll never be. I hate that. I hate Latin men who oppress the women in their families and their own daughters.”
Students supporting Mr. Perez shared positive experiences they had with the educator, with some claiming that the teacher saved their lives when they were battling mental health issues, and others asked if he would be fired for his one verbal outburst.
“I think his approach was a little unprofessional,” student Ezel Moreno said before the board meeting. In the LA Times. “I believe he had good intentions, but when he's done so many good things as a teacher, is he going to be fired for just one incident?”
Another student told other students that Perez was “indispensable” and asked the school board to keep his job as a teacher, saying that Perez never forced his beliefs on students. He claimed that there was no such thing.
Student Damian Ayon said, “[He is]an essential figure to many students here, not only as an educator, but as a mentor, supporter, and guide through some of the most difficult moments in their lives. ” he said.
