US teacher fired over Obama jibe
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AN American teacher has been fired following allegations that he told a black student who said he wanted to become president that the United States didn’t need another black president.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the Fairfield Board of Education voted 4-0 on Thursday to fire Gil Voigt. Voigt didn’t comment yesterday but has said the student misquoted him.
Voigt, who is white, says what he actually told the teen was that he doesn’t think the nation can afford another president like Barack Obama, “whether he’s black or white.”
A state referee investigating Voigt found that explanation wasn’t credible.
The referee also found Voigt had made other offensive comments in class over the years, including an accusation that in 2008, he trained his laser pointer at a black student and said he looked like “an African-American Rudolph.”
In 2012, Voigt was accused of calling a student stupid and implying that he and some of his classmates were gay. He, however, denied making any insulting comments to students.
Voigt may appeal his firing to a court. He has been on unpaid leave since December following a parent’s complaint about the Obama remark.
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