Monkey Books, Rescinded Jobs: School District Accused of Rampant Racism

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From job offers being mysteriously rescinded to monkey books left on one teacher’s desk, more former employees of a South Carolina school district have come forward to expose what they say are racist hiring practices and ill treatment of Black workers.

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Monkey Books, Rescinded Jobs: School District Accused of Rampant Racism
More educators have come forward to accuse Charleston County School District of racist hiring practices and a toxic work environment.
3:51 PM · Aug 15, 2022

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More former employees of a South Carolina school district have come forward to blow the lid on what they say are racist hiring practices and ill treatment of Black workers, from job offers being mysteriously rescinded to monkey books left on one teacher’s desk.

South Carolina’s chapter of the Racial Justice Network held a press conference Monday with educators who claim they have been targets of persistent racial discrimination in the Charleston County School District.

Louise Jenkins, a former Spanish teacher who was also a student of Charleston County School District, said books on gorillas and monkeys essentially haunted her during her time at Buist Academy. She claimed the books kept appearing at her work stations, but she initially didn’t want to assume it was meant to be a racist caricature of Black people.

However, she said her thoughts changed when co-workers appeared to become bothered by her switching her hairstyles, and a wig mysteriously appeared in one of her classrooms. The wig was never removed.

A write-up about a toy—a Monchhichi monkey doll—also appeared in her section of a folder she shared with another language teacher.

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