Haitian Community (WPTV 5 via photo)
The Haitian community in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida is demanding an apology after a teacher spewed out a racial remark towards a student.
A cell phone video posted on Facebook showed a high school teacher telling a student walking towards the classroom entrance, “It’s called a door, let me show you how it works. Now, I don’t know how it works where you’re from, down in some third-world island country where they don’t got them. Let me show you what it’s like in America.”
Many Haitians protested outside of the school May 11 and held signs that read “teachers stop your racist behavior.”
The teacher was removed out of the classroom amid investigation according to the Palm Beach County School District, but Haitian activist, James Leger said the community is still waiting for a public apology.
“It’s not just an apology to one student. It’s an apology to the Haitian community,” Leger assured. “We believe it was a racist comment and it was bullying.”
The district revealed to the news station that the investigation report will be released 15 days after the investigation is final.
The Haitian activist said it’s his “duty to make sure that when these things are happening it doesn’t just stay in one place,” but to inform every one of these sorts of incidents.
“Once this teacher comes out and apologizes in public, then all the other teachers will know that if they say things like this other teacher said, then there are consequences. They will have to apologize in public, therefore they will stop,” Leger said.
Another protest will be organized if the high school teacher does not apologize soon according to Leger.
