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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Sat May 1, 2021, 01:47 AM May 2021

New Jersey Teacher Removed From Class After Telling Black Student She's 'Full of Sh**'

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Last edited Sat May 1, 2021, 02:42 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Newsweek

Jon Jackson 12 hrs ago


A New Jersey high school teacher has been removed from classrooms while the school investigates him for allegedly using vulgar and racist language.

Teacher Howard Zlotkin's alleged expletive-filled rant reportedly occurred during a Zoom class with students at Jersey City's William L. Dickinson High School. Some of his offensive language was said to be directed at Black students. He can be heard on video, apparently captured from the Zoom session, calling George Floyd "a f**king criminal."

The Zoom class reportedly started with a lesson on climate change but quickly shifted as Zlotkin unexpectedly began a tirade against the students.

"If you think I'm privileged, then f**k you, because my daughter thinks I'm privileged and I don't speak to her," he can be seen saying during the class recording.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-jersey-teacher-removed-from-class-after-telling-black-student-she-s-full-of-sh/ar-BB1gekWd?li=BBorjTa











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New Jersey Teacher Removed From Class After Telling Black Student She's 'Full of Sh**' (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2021 OP
Wrong link, sister :) nt Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #1
Thank goodness I saw your post! I found the right link again, changed it. OMG. Thank you. ⭐️ Judi Lynn May 2021 #6
Now we're all curious Polybius May 2021 #22
Wow,! That's disgusting! Geeeebz! 😠 electric_blue68 May 2021 #2
My God. . .you can kiss your job and your certification goodbye. AZLD4Candidate May 2021 #3
He sounds like a nut NJCher May 2021 #4
Link is wrong. AZLD4Candidate May 2021 #5
Thank you for adding that. I'm sorry for the bogus link! 👋 Judi Lynn May 2021 #7
So, first we have to clean up and clean out the police forces. Next, the teachers...sigh... joetheman May 2021 #8
Maybe there's a reason your daughter doesn't talk to you Mr Zlotkin nt SouthBayDem May 2021 #9
FAIL. nt sarchasm May 2021 #10
YIKES ON BIKES 😬 ShazzieB May 2021 #11
What the hell is WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!?... ashredux May 2021 #12
Hatred... 2naSalit May 2021 #13
Another case of "The Brainwashing of my Dad" with Fox News, only a teacher? LiberalLovinLug May 2021 #23
Note to self: If going on Zoom, don't get drunk first. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2021 #14
Stupid is still stupid...drunk or sober...this fellow is so stupid that he defines the word.. Stuart G May 2021 #15
There are many dedicated and wonderful teachers in our classrooms. He is not one of them. Lonestarblue May 2021 #16
Whoa, did he honestly believe his behavior PatSeg May 2021 #17
More coherent artilce with clips of the video csziggy May 2021 #18
Thanks for that link, csziggy. Duppers May 2021 #19
I think for many, doing Zoom meetings and classes have broken down barriers csziggy May 2021 #20
Glad his racism was exposed. Duppers May 2021 #21
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve May 2021 #24
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. Wrong link, sister :) nt
Sat May 1, 2021, 01:54 AM
May 2021

Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
6. Thank goodness I saw your post! I found the right link again, changed it. OMG. Thank you. ⭐️
Sat May 1, 2021, 02:43 AM
May 2021

Polybius

(15,238 posts)
22. Now we're all curious
Sat May 1, 2021, 01:06 PM
May 2021

electric_blue68

(14,598 posts)
2. Wow,! That's disgusting! Geeeebz! 😠
Sat May 1, 2021, 01:54 AM
May 2021

AZLD4Candidate

(5,558 posts)
3. My God. . .you can kiss your job and your certification goodbye.
Sat May 1, 2021, 01:57 AM
May 2021

NJCher

(35,424 posts)
4. He sounds like a nut
Sat May 1, 2021, 02:27 AM
May 2021

Eom

AZLD4Candidate

(5,558 posts)
5. Link is wrong.
Sat May 1, 2021, 02:41 AM
May 2021

Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
7. Thank you for adding that. I'm sorry for the bogus link! 👋
Sat May 1, 2021, 02:45 AM
May 2021
 

joetheman

(1,450 posts)
8. So, first we have to clean up and clean out the police forces. Next, the teachers...sigh...
Sat May 1, 2021, 03:39 AM
May 2021

And probably next the physicians....

SouthBayDem

(31,961 posts)
9. Maybe there's a reason your daughter doesn't talk to you Mr Zlotkin nt
Sat May 1, 2021, 03:54 AM
May 2021

sarchasm

(1,009 posts)
10. FAIL. nt
Sat May 1, 2021, 04:41 AM
May 2021

ShazzieB

(15,952 posts)
11. YIKES ON BIKES 😬
Sat May 1, 2021, 04:56 AM
May 2021

I don't know wtf is wrong with this dude, but ffs, keep him AWAY from kids!

ashredux

(2,593 posts)
12. What the hell is WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!?...
Sat May 1, 2021, 08:01 AM
May 2021

It is like some disease....

2naSalit

(86,048 posts)
13. Hatred...
Sat May 1, 2021, 08:26 AM
May 2021

It eats yer brainz and turns you into a zombie like this guy.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,153 posts)
23. Another case of "The Brainwashing of my Dad" with Fox News, only a teacher?
Sat May 1, 2021, 01:28 PM
May 2021

Its like that other documentary about eating only Macdonald's food for a month. Only its your brain that gets more unhealthy, and bitter, and annoying.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
14. Note to self: If going on Zoom, don't get drunk first.
Sat May 1, 2021, 08:30 AM
May 2021

What else would make a supposedly smart teacher act so dumb?

Or, as any good Geography teacher knows: It's 5pm somewhere.

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
15. Stupid is still stupid...drunk or sober...this fellow is so stupid that he defines the word..
Sat May 1, 2021, 08:36 AM
May 2021

Maybe "stupid idiot" is better...maybe...Teaching while drunk is stupid beyond stupid...

Lonestarblue

(9,880 posts)
16. There are many dedicated and wonderful teachers in our classrooms. He is not one of them.
Sat May 1, 2021, 08:54 AM
May 2021

I have many family and friends who are teachers. None of them would ever think to behave so rudely to students of any ethnicity. We have a lot of retraining to do to get racism at least reduced. I doubt it will ever go away entirely.

PatSeg

(46,794 posts)
17. Whoa, did he honestly believe his behavior
Sat May 1, 2021, 09:45 AM
May 2021

would go unnoticed? He was on Zoom and his comments were heard by a lot of students. The odds that he was being recorded were pretty good. It was almost like he wanted to get caught.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
18. More coherent artilce with clips of the video
Sat May 1, 2021, 10:29 AM
May 2021

While the article linked in the OP mentioned a second video, it did not explain what that was. This article from a local source does explain the two videos and the delay by the school in removing Zlotkin from the classroom:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-teacher-gives-profanity-laced-rant-during-zoom-lesson-calls-george-floyd-a-criminal/3029146/

Duppers

(28,094 posts)
19. Thanks for that link, csziggy.
Sat May 1, 2021, 11:14 AM
May 2021

The video was shocking - the guy is shocking. Subjecting students to that kind of racist hate should get him banned from teaching anywhere else forever.


csziggy

(34,120 posts)
20. I think for many, doing Zoom meetings and classes have broken down barriers
Sat May 1, 2021, 11:19 AM
May 2021

Like the people in stages of undress and doing bodily functions, I suspect this man is normally like this and forgot the barriers that should exist between teachers and students. In a way that is good - think of how long he must have been distorting what he teaches to fit his bizarre view of the world.

Oh, and sounded a little drunk to me, which also lowers barriers.

Duppers

(28,094 posts)
21. Glad his racism was exposed.
Sat May 1, 2021, 11:54 AM
May 2021

So, yes, it was good.

Omaha Steve

(99,067 posts)
24. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Sat May 1, 2021, 01:37 PM
May 2021

This belongs in the New Jersey forum.

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