Wacky California teacher still on leave for doing "Native" dance

It's no surprise that this happened in California. A high school in Riverside. There's been a lot of disinformation about this incident. Some people said the math teacher had a mental breakdown, or was drinking, or was 'off her meds'. Those assumptions are understandable!
Apparently, the teacher thought she was just being 'fun' and 'cool'. Teachers get away with some outrageous behavior. They rarely get fired. They get a paid vacation. Or, as the school boards call it: "placed on leave".

An Inland Empire Native American Council is dealing with the video.


She must be fun at parties!

What a racist loon

I think she was hammered or a tweaker.

originally posted by: Butterfinger
What a racist loon

I think the word racist is used ridiculous now!
She is odd but why racist.
If someone decides to wear a tartan like my ancestors would I would consider it a complement the interest in the dress of old cultures.
People may love a culture or their history, I like the southern bell clothing, if my Wife wore that to a party I would think it was lovely but not in anyway making her confederate or Southern or trying to be.

a reply to: ColeYounger

That definitely helped those kids learn some math.

originally posted by: tamusan
a reply to: ColeYounger

That definitely helped those kids learn some math.

It's the "new" math!

If no meds "at the time", then there should'a been meds 🚬

originally posted by: SeaWorthy

I think the word racist is used ridiculous now!
She is odd but why racist.
If someone decides to wear a tartan like my ancestors would I would consider it a complement the interest in the dress of old cultures.
People may love a culture or their history, I like the southern bell clothing, if my Wife wore that to a party I would think it was lovely but not in anyway making her confederate or Southern or trying to be.

It's the hypocrisy of the world nowadays. Everybody is supposed to remember things that happened to different types of people in the past, but you're not allowed to recreate it, imitate it, or talk about it unless you or 'your people'(whatever that means) were actually there.

Well that was cringe. But is everyone a snitch nowadays? I had some wacky teachers too, but we didn't try to cancel them if they did some cringe dance.

Granted, she should have known some student would record that lol.

a reply to: BrokenCircles

Yea its a wierd grey area. I think it's because white people generally screwed indians and other people of color out of old movie, broadway, or other entertainment roles to instead have white people impersonate them.

I think part of the problem today is that we want to cancel anyone that shows the slightest bit of racism. Unintended or not. Which just takes away from actual hardcore racism that still is very alive in the world.

a reply to: SeaWorthy

Your wife wearing a period dress or an eskimo with a tartan isnt the same, I totally agree.

Those listed are actual cultural affectations, this lady is making stuff up as she goes while wearing some neon goose feathers is not while looking like a loon.

originally posted by: Butterfinger
a reply to: SeaWorthy

Your wife wearing a period dress or an eskimo with a tartan isnt the same, I totally agree.

Those listed are actual cultural affectations, this lady is making stuff up as she goes while wearing some neon goose feathers is not while looking like a loon.

Maybe but I haven't seen the information of what was going on. Seems weird she is teaching math!