• Teacher Suspended for ‘Little Chocolate Boy’ Comment   By: Claudio E. Cabrera

    by  • March 7, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Education, General Articles, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government, Richmond News, San Francisco, Special Interests Articles

    An African-American teacher in south Florida has been suspended in response to claims that she called a Haitian boy “the little chocolate boy nobody wanted.”

    Leslie Rainer, 46, was suspended for 10 days without pay following a hearing with the Broward County School Board. She allegedly has a history of anti-Haitian comments, having told one student that she wished a “boat would take him back where he came from.”

    “If you allow that instructor to remain in the classroom, she’s risky business,” the Haitian-American Coalition’s Jean Robert La Fortune told the board, arguing for Rainer’s dismissal before a vote was taken.

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