Timmia Williams, 17, said Zlotkin became more irate as he yelled and cursed at students.
“I hear people whining and crying about Black Lives Matter, but George Floyd was a f –g criminal and he got arrested and he got killed because he wouldn’t comply and the bottom line is we make him a f –g hero,” said Zlotkin. He specifically targeted four Black female students and demanded that they each write an essay.
Williams and her mother,
Margie Nieves, said they contacted school officials but did not hear back from them until they contacted the news station.
“Who does that? Who would curse, I don’t even curse at my own daughter,” said Nieves.
NJ teacher suspended after profane tirades about George Floyd, BLM in online class
Updated 12:10 PM;
A Jersey City High School teacher has been suspended after going on two profanity-laced rants aimed at students in his class, the superintendent said.
Howard Zlotkin, a science teacher at Dickinson High School, turned a Zoom class discussion on climate change into a vulgar verbal attack toward his students, according to a video clip that aired on NBC New York Friday.
In the recording of the Zoom class taken by one of the students, Zlotkin appears highly agitated and is heard making remarks about Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, white privilege and a student. Zlotkin is white, while Dickinson boasts a diverse student body population.
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