Northern California teacher made racist gesture mocking Asians in Zoom class
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A Sacramento high school teacher used an offensive gesture during a Zoom class on Thursday, prompting a district investigation.
Nicole Burkett, a Spanish teacher and student advisor at Grant Union High School, was seen in a video making an offensive slanted-eyes gesture to her class.
The gesture has been invoked by pro athletes, renowned chefs and beauty influencers in recent years. It also comes as a wave of anti-Asian violence, particularly toward older individuals, afflicts Northern California and the nation at large.
Per KCBS in Sacramento, Burkett made the gesture while explaining racist stereotypes towards Asian Americans that she deemed to be more common in the 1980s.
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