10-04-2025
Teacher seen writing racial slur on classroom board is fired, GA officials say
A teacher at a Georgia high school was fired after a video showing him writing a racial slur on a classroom whiteboard went viral on social media, according to school district officials.
Adrianne Wyatt, a parent of a student at Walnut Grove High School in Loganville, where the incident happened, shared the video in an April 5 post on Facebook.
'This happened at my daughter's school,' Wyatt wrote in the post. 'It must be seen and know what's going on in these schools our kids go to when we rely on them teaching our kids.'
The teacher is seen in the video smiling as he fills in the last letter of the slur on a whiteboard after students yell it out. Once the word is complete, students can be heard cheering.
'This should never be brought up in a classroom, like ever,' Wyatt told WSB-TV.
A spokesperson for the Walton County School district told McClatchy News in an April 9 email that the teacher involved no longer works for the district.
'The behavior captured in the video does not reflect the values of Walnut Grove High School or the Walton County School District,' school officials wrote in a statement on their website.
The incident drew significant backlash from community members, including an online petition calling for a change in leadership. The petition, started by alumnus Brandon Walker, garnered nearly 300 signatures in less than a week.
Walker also shared a letter to district leaders on social media in which he said the teacher was 'encouraging students to engage with the word' during what looked like a 'classroom word game.'
He called the incident a 'clear violation' of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color and national origin in programs funded by the federal government.
'The use of this historically violent and dehumanizing slur in any educational setting is completely unacceptable, and its use by a teacher in front of students is inexcusable,' he said in the letter. 'The students of WGHS — particularly Black students — deserve to learn in an environment that respects their humanity and affirms their dignity.'
Loganville is about a 35-mile drive northeast from Atlanta.
