August 9th 2023.
Danielle Allen, a first-grade teacher in Texas, recently learned a hard lesson about the power of words.
Ms. Allen was fired from her job after posting a text message exchange in which she joked about killing her sister's white boyfriend. She declared herself a "Black supremacist," and said the boyfriend "looked like a Trump supporter." In the text, she wrote, "Come and kill him for me...I promise I'll help you hide the body."
The public outcry was swift and pointed. The Mesquite Independent School District released a statement calling her posts "racist," and declaring her "ineligible for rehire."
Allen, however, had a different take. In a post prior to the firing, she bragged that her job was safe because she had not "directly wished harm on all White people." Despite her claims, she was terminated.
Prior to her termination, Allen posted a video in what appears to be a school hallway. In the post, she talked about how she could never be unemployed. She wrote, "Call me every name under the sun but y'all will NEVER be able to call me unemployed!!!"
Unfortunately for Ms. Allen, her words and actions had consequences. Her lesson serves as a reminder that words can be powerful, and jokes can go too far.
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