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Georgia Teacher On Leave After Saying Confederate Flag Means You ‘Intend To Marry Your Sister'
By Brie Stimson | Fox News
A Georgia teach er was report- edly placed on administrative leave this week after posting in a high school classroom a description of the Confederate flag as an announcement that you “intend to marry your sister.”
The Hephzibah High School teacher’s description was displayed on the board with a photo of a Confederate flag, Augusta's WRDW-TV reported.
The description said the Confederate flag is "a sticker you put on the back of your pickup truck to announce that you intend to marry your sis- ter. Think of it
like a white trash 'Save the Date' card."
The district launched an investigation into the teacher after a parent posted a photo of the descrip-
tion to social media.
"She found it offensive, so she sent it to me and asked me what I thought," Melissa Fuller said of her
daughter who was in the teacher's class- room, according to WRDW. She then posted it on Facebook.
"A lot of is that it's not morally correct. It's
unethical," Fuller
told WRDW. "It's just some- thing you don't want to discuss today in today's world and espe- cially inside of a classroom."
The district issued a state- ment on the controversy that said in part: “The Richmond County School System is com- mitted to creat- ing a diverse, equitable learn- ing environment for students. The language used in the example was unacceptable and has no place in our classrooms.”
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