Texas State staffer slurs George Floyd protesters as 'monkeys' -- and then quickly loses her job

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June 10, 2020

By Travis Gettys

A university staff member was removed from her position at Texas State for using a racial slur against protesters.

Stacia Brassell posted comments on a KVUE-TV Facebook Live stream of a protest in Georgetown, and the university staff member slurred the demonstrators against police brutality as a “bunch of monkeys,” reported The University Star.

“I am going down there with Covid,” she added, according to screen shots posted by the student newspaper.

The university’s director of utility operations told the newspaper that Brassell was no longer employed as an administrative assistant, and her position was listed as vacant on the department website.

“Texas State University does not condone these posts and they do not reflect our values,” the university said in a statement. “At the core of who we are as Bobcats is our commitment to diversity and inclusion, and to protecting the health and safety of our community. Any employee sharing comments such as these does not represent our community.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/texas-state-staffer-slurs-george-floyd-protesters-as-monkeys-and-then-quickly-loses-her-job/

Link to the University Star article:

https://universitystar.com/39252/news/texas-state-staff-member-fired-for-alleged-usage-of-racial-slur/
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And my favorite response, ever. I can't get this little ditty out of my head.

[beachbumbob]

1. how crazy is it that these racists simply can not shut up??

and wonder why they lose their jobs on top of it. Morons at best, mentally ill at worse

[bullwinkle428]

2. Dear Leader has given them a sense of immunity, as he never suffers

consequences from any of the shit he spews.

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Obviously Not Paying Attention

Dozens of these drones are getting fired for their punk behavior. Yet this tool still pulls this.
Well, that sense of immunity doesn't feel so secure now!

[Mike 03]

3. Exactly. I wish some mental health professionals would explain

why this is.

[tblue37]

6. They are surrounded in their lives by people who think the same way they do, so not

only are such comments familiar and comfortable, but they never hear or see any consequences for those who make them among their friends and acquaintances.

When a person thinks and talks that way regularly without ever getting any pushback, it becomes such a habit that the person loses conscious control of such utterances.

[Mike 03]

12. This is a real possibility

They speak without even thinking (kind of, or exactly, like Trump).

[PatrickforO]

20. Yes, in a sense it is like cursing. If you do it on a regular basis, soon it becomes a habit,

and you become 'tone deaf' in situations where it is not appropriate.

Though some may say it is never appropriate. I wouldn't go so far as to say that, though...

[tom_kelly]

23. +1

[PandoraAwakened]

34. THIS! n/t

[obamanut2012]

36. 100% this -- I have extended family members who are just like this

I have nothing to do with them anymore, but my sister follows their social media with horror and tells me.

[BComplex]

40. Bingo! You nailed it.

They live in a Fox "news" OAN bubble, and they think the whole world agrees with them.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

50. Not just no negative consequences, but also, among their crowd it's considered cool and,

in most cases, all the more cool because they think they're pwning the libs.

[tblue37]

51. +a brazillion! nt

[dalton99a]

10. Another one via the link in the OP:

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/hays/texas-mayor-calls-black-lives-matter-a-threat-to-our-lives/
Calls for resignation after Texas mayor says she sees Black Lives Matter as ‘a threat to our lives’
by: Wes Wilson, Tahera Rahman
Posted: Jun 9, 2020 / 08:23 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 11, 2020 / 08:41 AM CDT

WOODCREEK, Texas (KXAN) — In a recent Facebook post about race, an account belonging to the mayor of Woodcreek, Texas, in Hays County said the Black Lives Matter movement is a “threat to our lives.”

“I’m not a racist,” Mayor Gloria Whitehead said five times in a series of posts that she called a “Wake Up Message.”

“I started getting screenshots from citizens and I started looking at it and I was like, ‘Oh my God,'” says Woodcreek City Council member Brent Pulley.

“Violence toward people of color occurs statistically more toward each other than by law enforcement encounters. BLM knows this but is masquerading it’s true agenda,” Whitehead wrote.

[PatrickforO]

22. 'Murika ain't nebber gonna go SOSH-A-LIST!!

Lord. But I did get an email from a right wing family member who is totally in the bubble. He says that 'Murika don't have no problem with racism.' The problem, he says, is black culture and its 'dependency' on Democratic handouts.

I think that illustrates the width of this social gap nicely. Because if someone is thinking like that after years of right wing acid being poured into their brains through hate-talk radio and Fox 'news,' how in the world do you break through?

AT THE POLLS IS MY ANSWER. We have to vote these morons out of office for good and begin implementing good policy. Because these people who say, "I am not a racist" are a big part of the problem.

[leftieNanner]

28. I have always felt that if you have to say "I am not a racist"

Then you probably are! Because saying it usually follows something that IS racist.

I have never in my life had to use that sentence.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

35. I am not a racist ...

... but I do admit to exceeding the posted speed limit a few times.

[leftieNanner]

37. LOL!

Shhhhh. Me too. I set my cruise control TWO MPH above the posted speed limit. My husband thinks I'm nuts. But since he falls asleep whenever we are in the car, it's my call.

[Aristus]

11. If they're stupid enough to think it, they're stupid enough to say it.

And too stupid not to.

One key, paradoxical feature of stupid people is that, even though they have nothing of any substance to say, they babble and blither constantly.

[ProfessorGAC]

31. This!!

[richdj25]

15. 400 years of in-breeding

will do that to the ignorant

[beachbumbob]

53. combined with home schooling, private and religious schools who specializes in ignorance

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. I see it like let them all come out of woodwork now. We have

A small window here before the next huge thing happens and people will forget. Just like they forgot about Florida and Newtown. Kill as many cockroaches as we can. Especially those stupid enough to display their racism now.

[dalton99a]

44. Yep. Stand up and identify yourself

[cwydro]

43. I think many simply don't understand how Facebook works.

Pure ignorance.

I won't even call it stupidity, but that may be at play too lol.

[Skittles]

45. the racist MAGAt president emboldens them

they are as stupid as Trump

[Grokenstein]

52. Supporting Don-Don demonstrates a complete lack of survival instinct.

Every single one of them is probably still struggling with the whole "FIRE, HOT" thing.

[Laelth]

4. k&r for the ditty. n/t

-Laelth

[Traildogbob]

13. Yes

I will be singing it all day, and put some guitar with it to sing from my porch, with my dark black, lesbian lab. She is hard core lib. Full of love for every color dog. Humps my BFF’s white lab and my daughter’s brown little pit. Thanks for the lyrics.

[Mike 03]

5. Even if one accepts that racists are emboldened by Trump, are they

not in touch with reality enough to understand he can't protect them from the immediate, decisive and life-changing consequences of not being able to restrain their expression of racism in front of others and on social media?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

14. Well said, Mike. I suspect many of these folks only see right-wing media so that....

they never hear stories of people getting fired for racist slurs and actions. Fox and RW talk radio are highly unlikely to publish those stories much like they covered over the sexual abuse events at Fox a while back.

Old Republican addition to the Commandments: "Never criticize or demean any Republican and never repeat reports of bad behavior no matter how bad or obvious it is. Doing so will result in your entire life being defunded and you will be banned from the country club."

KY

[Raven]

7. These people are not going to shut up until there is a change at the top and

the Enabler in Chief goes away.

[bmbmd]

8. Here's another ongoing story from San Marcos

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2020/06/05/texas-state-coach-danny-kaspar-basketball-players-claim-racist-remarks/3153334001/

Two former Texas State basketball players on Thursday claimed that coach Danny Kaspar used racially degrading language to motivate players.
Former point guard Jaylen Shead, who transferred to Washington State for his final season, alleged on Twitter that Kaspar used demeaning stereotypes and ethnic jokes with his players. Shead said the ongoing protests after the death of George Floyd pushed him to speak out.
"I could overlook the way he disregarded the rules and our health," Shead tweeted. "But I could not turn away from the many racially insensitive things that were said to me and other teammates."

My daughter is director of the Leadership program at TSU and specializes in diversity training. Unfortunately, she works only with students and not with chuckle-head staff members.

[mbusby]

9. So....

...this is a college for bobcats?

[vlyons]

16. Bravo! Texas State!

nt

[Scarsdale]

17. Jerry Fallwell would welcome

her on his team. Same value system.

[PatrickforO]

18. LOL! Okay, bookmarked just for that jingle! n/t

[Iggo]

21. It must have just slipped out. She's obviously not racist.

[Warpy]

24. I've always considered that particular slur a little daft

Shave any furry primate and what you end up with is a white skinned, cold primate with no protection from the sun. Unlike housecats, primates' pigmentation is not echoed by fur color.

So the monkey comparison really should be a slur against people with white skin, shouldn't it?

People who buy into the concept of race and associalted pejoratives are simply not logical.

[mn9driver]

25. These idiots making public statements show how powerful the right wing bubble is.

I see it in a Facebook military alumni group I belong to. The right wingers who post vile political and racial stuff are astonished when Facebook deletes their posts and suspends them, or fact checks them.

As soon as they are allowed back, they do it again and are just as astonished when they are again deleted, fact checked or suspended. They don’t learn. Their bubble is their reality and it is impenetrable.

[kairos12]

26. LOL. I will remember that tune and lyrics.

[wnylib]

27. Like the lyrics. Catchy tune, too..

[Paladin]

29. We need to spread that musical response, far and wide. (nt)

[bucolic_frolic]

32. Bull in China shop

unaware, lack of self control, mean, dumb.

Crash!

[Raftergirl]

33. They just keep outing themselves.

They really are as stupid as we think they are.

[dalton99a]

46. +1. The Internet has infinite memory and it rarely forgets.

They should know that by now

[IronLionZion]

38. "going down there with Covid,"

Does she have COVID and wants to deliberately spread it? Charge her with terrorism or making terroristic threats, especially if any DUers feel she doesn't have a political agenda and therefore cannot be called a terrorist.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

39. 2nd verse? ...

If you're a Nazi and you're fired it's your fault
If you're a Nazi and you're fired it's your fault
You're immersed in your delusions, but your supremacy's illusion
If you're a Nazi and you're fired it's your fault

[catbyte]

48. Bravo!

[efhmc]

41. That is so great.

Amazing that they are so stupid to put their "thoughts" on line where they can seen and castigated for what they are.

[Bengus81]

42. These idiot Trump Humpers are causing a spike in the unemployment rate....

[SMC22307]

47. Maybe when all the fired cops head to Brevard (?) Floriduh...

they'll hire her as *their* admin assistant.

[niyad]

49. Now that ditty is running around in my head.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

54. I doubt she's at all representative of Texas Stste

I graduated from there in the 70’s. Back then it was called Southwest Texas State Univ., and it was considered one of the biggest party schools in Texas. Most of the redneck students go to Texas A &M. Have visited in the last few years and it looks to be a greater percentage of Hispanic students these days. It’s a beautiful campus where LBJ was both a student and a teacher, I believe. She’s probably a relative anamoly

My mother lives in Georgetown. Which is mostly elderly conservative people, but that is changing a bit, and it’s good to see the younger residents are politically active

[Zorro]

55. Be an asshole, lose your job

I kinda like this trend. It's one good thing about at-will employment.

[louis-t]

56. Keep asking the Nazi morons, was it worth it?

You got to say your piece, your boss now thinks you're an asshole and you got fired. Was. It. Worth. It?