Georgia Principal Fired for Racist Remarks During High School Graduation
Nancy Gordeuk, the principal of Georgia’s TNT Academy, is no longer the principal of TNT Academy: the school’s board of directors fired her after video emerged of her calling out “all the black people” during a recent high school graduation ceremony, and she subsequently blamed it on “the devil.”
“In light of recent events, the board of directors of TNT Academy has moved to dismiss Nancy Gordeuk as principal,” Dr. Heidi Anderson wrote to the school community in a letter obtained by WXIA. “During the coming transition, we will continue to prioritize support for our most recent graduates. Moreover, we will continue our commitment to providing students with the best educational classes, transcription services, and academic credit recovery possible.”
A video of the ceremony shows Gordeuk going Real Racist after she mistakenly forgot to let the valedictorian speak, and she tried to call people back into the auditorium: “Look who’s leaving, all the black people!” The audience burst into boos, and many of them stormed out of the auditorium anyways.
A parent noted that Gordeuk had once sent an email to the entire school calling out parents “from the Bosnian community” for “dropping off their students and leaving them for my staff to take care of.”
“She sent out e-mails picking on a certain community within the school,” Cindy Stewart told CBS46. “I felt the email was uncalled for.”
In her initial apology, Gordeuk said that “The devil was in her house” and claimed that she was absolutely not racist, an assertion she followed up with in a very convincing interview with CBS46, below:
[h/t TPM]
[Image via screenshot/CBS46]
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