Nicole Burkett is a Spanish teacher at Grant Union High School in Sacramento
She was placed under investigation after a video of her making the offensive slant eyes gesture during a Zoom class last week went viral on TikTok If your eyes go up, you re Chinese. If they go down, they re Japanese. If they re just straight, you don t know, Burkett said as she pulled at the corners
Some students defended Burkett and said the gesture was taken out of context
She reportedly posted about receiving death threats on her Instagram page
The school district condemned her actions as shocking and disappointing
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