Loan officer gets fired for racist tweet about Michelle Obama

[geardaddy]

Lisa Greenwood took to Twitter on Monday to come after Michelle Obama after the First Lady’s amazing speech at the Democratic National Convention. But Twitter came right back at Greenwood after her racist tweet and got her fired.

“Beautiful?? Seriously she is an ugly black b–tch,” Greenwood posted about the First Lady, and that was where it went downhill for the loan officer.

Because Greenwood uses her actual name on her Twitter account, some savvy social media users were able to track down her Facebook page, and from there, they figured out where she works. After that, Home Point Financial was mentioned in all sorts of tweets as the Twitterverse came out strong against Greenwood, asking Home Point Financial if they would continue to employ a racist in their ranks.

http://thegrio.com/2016/07/27/loan-officer-gets-fired-for-racist-tweet-about-michelle-obama/

Good riddance. See the link for Tweets calling for her firing.

[niyad]

1. the bigots, the racists, the hate-filled, seem to think that they are immune to consequences

for spewing their hatred and bigotry.

[geardaddy]

3. Exactly.

I say let them come out of the woodwork so they are revealed.

[angstlessk]

7. AND reviled! n/t

[geardaddy]

18. Yes!

[brer cat]

19. I live in an area with too many of these idiots.

I am always amused at how shocked they look when I call them on their racism. They honestly believe everyone feels the same way they do.

[bullwinkle428]

22. They still haven't figured out the difference between free speech

and consequence-free speech!

[niyad]

25. nor are they ever likely to!

[pansypoo53219]

36. OH NOES!!! POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. no wonder fun gnewz warns their borg.

[malaise]

39. Don the Con has told them that it's politically correct

to be racist because 'only whites matter'.

[3catwoman3]

2. Freedom of speech does not mean...

...freedom from the consequences of that speech.

Kudos to Home Point Financial for firing her ass.

[geardaddy]

4. Spot on.

She's probably saying that she shouldn't lose her job because of her actions.

[niyad]

5. and so many people forget that the whole "freedom of speech" thing refers to the GOVERNMENT

not interfering in our speech.

[Cracklin Charlie]

9. She said it freely.

The blowback she gets for her racist statement is free, too.

[niyad]

10. it always amazes me that people have to be reminded of that little fact. as I have explained

to a number of clueless ones, "you are, indeed, free to say whatever stupid, ugly, ignorant, hate-filled drivel you want. I am free to point out that your remarks are stupid, ugly, ignorant, etc. Works both ways, so sorry about that."

[Ace Rothstein]

6. What a moron.

The one positive thing about social media is that it helps you identify them more easily.

[procon]

8. Consequences. Good word to learn before she gets fired from her next job. nt

[geardaddy]

11. Ha!

Yes!

[maryellen99]

12. She probably thinks Melania is going a classy FLOTUS nt

[geardaddy]

13. Yep.

[Demonaut]

14. Free speech

and suffer the consequences of stupidity..lol

[berksdem]

15. sadly, racism is alive and well in this country

and the party that stokes the flames have no issue with keeping it this way...

stupidity abound...

[LakeArenal]

16. The scary thought for me is

These are the people I need to get a loan from. People who have power that can see who signed recall lists (personally suffered a job loss for this) or facebook pages to see how people lean. Small town loan officers know everybody's business. It's really terrifying how much people that want to hate can find out about us.

[uponit7771]

17. A loan officer, how many people of color has he turned down for loans?!!? WOW!! This is what folk

... are talking about.

No way to check and balance this guy

[niyad]

24. she, not he.

[TBA]

32. Note on you sig line image

Instead of "Getting Used To It" I plan to enjoy it!

[niyad]

40. that certainly works!!

[hibbing]

20. Ugly?

Brains, beauty and a whole lot more. This country has been blessed to have her as our First Lady. I will miss them both so much.

Peace

[Ilsa]

21. Now the traitor Trump supporters will

Whine about having to be "politically correct". They don't think they should be called out by their employers for public racism, sexism, or any other bigotry.

I've argued with them that free speech means you can't be imprisoned for that speech, but that doesn't mean there aren't consequences for expressing opinions that are hurtful towards others.

Good riddance.

[DFW]

23. Maybe Mike Huckabee can do a public appearance with her

Steal some progressive musician's music to play for the occasion while he's at it, maybe?

[Gothmog]

26. yeah

[liberalmuse]

27. She shouldn't be anywhere near humans.

Michelle Obama is a stunningly beautiful woman inside and out and not only that, is a role model in every respect of the word - values, beauty, fashion, health, etc, etc, etc. It's ironic that this woman would be going after another woman regarding looks, because, well...

Racists should never be working in any capacity where they are serving the public, so it was for the good of all that she was let go. God only knows how many home loans she denied to people of color. Another irony, since Tim Kaine worked hard to fight against this very discrimination.

[jtuck004]

33. Wanna guess how many thousands of teachers and administrators there are who think the same thing?

Molding tens of thousands of young minds, every day...

[retrowire]

28. the less intelligent always get weeded out somehow.

Good job.

[Initech]

29. First rule of social media: don't say anything you will regret later.

Second rule: Don't say anything racist.

[4lbs]

30. This is the same woman that almost exactly one year ago, tweeted a picture of her own

daughter, dressed in hip-hop style clothing and beaming with pride "My cutie!! My little hip hopper !!!!"

I won't post the picture/tweet, because I don't want to draw her daughter into this. However, look for Lisa Greenwood's tweets around the June 2015 timeframe.


Nevertheless, a question for Ms. Greenwood:

Which cultural group do you think invented hip hop?

HINT: Not the Mayflower Society.

[ailsagirl]

31. Good riddance is right

Another unfortunate consumed by hate and rage-- now she's jobless

Was it worth it LISA????

[Lunabell]

34. What about the misogynistic term she used?

Is it only about race?

[ToxMarz]

35. I don't understand the perception of these people

“Beautiful?? Seriously she is an ugly black b–tch,”


Okaaaaaay....

"

[ailsagirl]

37. More irony

When I went to her former employers' link, I saw that there is an African American family on the first page.

https://twitter.com/HomePointLoans?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor


And here their apology

[getagrip_already]

38. lest anyone here think...

that your screen names insulate you from similar issues should you wander to close to the fugly, not so much.

Sites like DU provide a scarily thin veil for who you really are. There really isn't anything approaching true anonymity.

Don't say anything you don't want an employer or reporter to read back to you..........

[Mr Dixon]

41. LOL

Thinning the herd LOL another one bites it for being stupid.