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A San Diego-area school district voted Sunday to fire its superintendent after her racially insensitive comments about an "influx" of "wealthy" Asians into the community, KSWB-TV reported, but Cheryl James-Ward can still receive a year's salary as a buyout — $288,000.
What are the details?
Ward has been on administrative leave since April after her comments during a San Dieguito Union High School District diversity, equity, and inclusion training session that linked Asian students' academic performance to what she saw as wealth of Chinese immigrants, the station said.
“Here in San Dieguito we have an influx of Asians from China, and the people who were able to make that journey are wealthy," Ward said in part, according to a previous KSWB story. "You cannot come to America and buy a house for two million dollars unless you have money.”
The training session was held in response to certain student demographics receiving D and F grades while the percentage of Asian students with low grades wasn't high, KSWB said in that previous piece.
Speaking to the station in a subsequent interview, Ward claimed certain board members were retaliating against her after she filed a harassment complaint against Trustee Michael Allman.
“I believe Michael Allman and Mo Muir created a situation for a public lynching ... and then I was asked to leave,” Ward told KSWB.
Ward’s supporters have called for Allman's resignation, the station said.
How did Ward react to her firing?
KSWB said Ward responded to her termination Monday via text message: “I heard the news today when I landed in London and was quite surprised. I’ve put my job on the line to make decisions in the best interests of the district, standing against those with nefarious intentions. Sometimes that will cost you your job. I would make the same decisions again because my heart is with kids and our community."
Ward issued public apologies after her comments, KSWB said, but parents were still angry about her words.
The four remaining board members voted unanimously to terminate Ward's contract, the station added.
Pricey parachute?
KSWB said since Ward is being terminated without cause, her contract allows her to receive a year’s salary — $288,000 — as a buyout. The station added that Ward has said she would plan to sue if the board fired her.
None of the board members returned KSWB's requests for comment Monday, the station said.
NFL player tweets anti-Asian slur, then apologizes and says he didn't realize the term is derogatory
Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Carlton Davis posted a tweet containing an anti-Asian slur Sunday night — but later apologized and said he didn't realize the term is derogatory, ESPN reported.
What are the details?
"Gotta stop letting g**** in Miami," Davis wrote in his since-deleted tweet. He later apologized and said he thought the term meant "lame."
"I would never offend any group of people," Davis, 24, wrote in a subsequent tweet that included what ESPN said is an image from an undisclosed slang dictionary entry. "You reporters can look for another story to blow up. The term was directed towards a producer claiming he 'ran Miami.'" Davis added that he'll now "retire that word from my vocabulary giving the hard times our Asian family are enduring."
He also tweeted that "I used a term that from where I come from has always meant 'lame,' but I did not realize it has a much darker, negative connotation. I have learned a valuable lesson and want to apologize to anyone that was offended by seeing that word because we need to focus on helping each other during these tough times."
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According to a report from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, hate crimes against Asian Americans have risen nearly 150% in major U.S. cities over the past year, with several incidents making headlines in recent weeks.
Davis has spoken out against racism in the past and about his experiences as a Black man. He is part of the Bucs' social justice board, which met with community leaders last summer to discuss ways police can build better relationships with the Black community.
How did folks react?
Reaction to the news seemed mixed, with some commenters saying Davis deserves a pass while others said he should be treated like other athletes who've uttered slurs — such as Meyers Leonard, who found himself in hot water with the NBA and his team, the Miami Heat, last month after using an anti-Semitic slur during a video game livestream.
Leonard soon was banned "indefinitely" from the team and then traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, which released him last week. Like Davis, Leonard said he didn't know what "k***" meant at the time he uttered it.
Mayor Bill de Blasio says police should confront people for 'hurtful' conduct even if they're not breaking any laws
New York City Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio is recommending police officers confront anyone who is behaving in a way that is deemed "hurtful," even if the actions didn't break any laws. De Blasio's motion to crack down on ill-natured demeanor was a response to being asked if the NYPD and the city government could be doing more to combat hate crimes against Asians in wake of the Atlanta-area shooting where six Asian women, a white woman, and a white man were killed.
"Even if something is not a criminal case, a perpetrator being confronted by the city, whether it's NYPD or another agency, and being told that what they've done was very hurtful to another person and could have ever repeated lead to criminal charges, that's another important piece of the puzzle," de Blasio said at a Thursday news conference, according to the New York Post.
Wall Street Journal reporter Katie Hogan asked de Blasio how his proposed hateful conduct clampdown would operate.
"The NYPD is a great example: one of the things officers are trained to do is to give warnings," de Blasio replied. "If someone has done something wrong, but not rising to a criminal level, it's perfectly appropriate for an NYPD officer to talk to them to say, 'that was not appropriate, and if you did that on a higher level, that would be a crime.' I think that has an educating impact on people.
"I assure you, if an NYPD officer calls you or shows up at your door to ask you about something you did, it makes people think twice," he claimed. "We need that."
De Blasio appears to understand that hate speech, which can be difficult to precisely define and constantly changing, is not exempted from the protections of the First Amendment. Hateful conduct that intimidates, harasses, threatens, or physically harms another person is not protected and is punishable by law.
The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, released a study this month that examined hate crimes in 16 of the largest cities in the United States. New York City had by far the biggest spike of anti-Asian hate crimes — skyrocketing from three in 2019 to 28 in 2020, an 833% increase over one year.
De Blasio has shifted funds away from the NYPD in the past year.
"We committed to move resources from the NYPD to youth and social services as part of our City's budget," de Blasio said, adding that New Yorkers "need to be reached, not policed."
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