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Texas teacher canned over racist tweets about Ferguson

Duncanville Independent School District trustees voted this past week to terminate the employment of English teacher Vinita Hegwood.

Earlier this month it was revealed Ms. Hegwood had made some racially charged tweets regarding the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri.

Fox News.com reports:

Duncanville Independent School District trustees unanimously voted to terminate Vinita Hegwood’s contract. Hegwood, who is black, has apologized for comments made Nov. 7 on her Twitter account that were laced with expletives and derogatory references to whites and blacks. Administrators have called the remarks “reprehensible.”

The tweets were related to the case of Michael Brown, who was unarmed when he was fatally shot Aug. 9. The shooting prompted protests, including some that turned violent, along with ongoing unrest in and around Ferguson, which is just outside St. Louis.

In the apology issued through a teachers union Thursday, Hegwood said she was sorry for “the offensive and unprofessional comments.”

“In making those remarks, I was reacting to a series of threatening and racist attacks against me by strangers who disagreed with my expressed opinions on Ferguson, Missouri. I allowed myself to respond emotionally and impulsively,” she said.

You can view some of Hegwood’s tweets at the Weasel Zippers blog.

Read the full Fox News story.

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