Teacher posts ’African Americans (blacks) are further behind because they don’t want to work’ Brian Niemietz
A Pennsylvania middle-school teacher’s job could be on the line following a social media posting claiming African-Americans are lazy.
“African Americans (blacks) are further behind because they don’t want to work. They would rather stay home and hold their hand out for a check from the government,” reads the offensive post.
According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, that comment appears to have come from educator Richard Love’s now deleted Facebook account.
It was made in reference to a post by the right-wing media service Breitbart News Wednesday regarding the Biden administration’s efforts to address unemployment.
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Ed Mahon, Spotlight PAJanuary 25, 2021
Fred Way, executive director of the Pennsylvania Alliance of Recovery Residences. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/Philadelphia Inquirer)
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In December 2017, Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation to increase oversight for drug and alcohol recovery houses a measure that lawmakers said was needed to fight the opioid epidemic and protect vulnerable people from being exploited.
The action by lawmakers came after years of complaints from local government leaders and some recovery advocates, who said profit-driven owners packed people into homes, provided few rules and little support, and put residents at greater risk of relapsing.
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In February, President Joe Biden plans to outline an infrastructure plan intended to help America “build back better.” Congress has already provided nearly $4.5 trillion in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Spending more possibly trillions more risks stunting the economic recovery and wasting taxpayer money.
Many arguments are made for expanded infrastructure spending: Low interest rates make investment now cheaper than ever; federal investments in new energy technologies will help to aid certain politically favored industries while curbing others; American infrastructure is crumbling and needs to be rebuilt by the federal government; the American economy needs a stimulus plan that can create jobs and boost the recovery. While none of these arguments for new federal spending is fact-based or convincing, this
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