Fencing coach fired after saying 'Lincoln made a mistake' freeing slaves

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

St. John’s University fired its assistant fencing coach Boris Vaksman this week after he made racist comments towards black people in a newly surfaced video in which he claimed that former President Lincoln “made a mistake.”

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In the video, the former coach can be seen heard saying, “The most trouble coming from where? From black people because they don’t want to work. They steal, they kill, they drugs, everything comes from them. The majority, the majority.”

“I think, what’s his name, Lincoln, made a mistake,” he added.

Vaksman made the comments during a youth coaching session for Fencer’s Club, a private Manhattan fencing club, according to The New York Daily News. He has been an assistant coach at St. John’s University since 2006.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/502389-fencing-coach-fired-after-saying-lincoln-made-a-mistake-freeing

[SheltieLover]

1. These repukes all need

Intensive inpatient treatment and bigtime anger management!

[Cha]

8. Deprogramming.

[SheltieLover]

10. Yes!

They really, really do. Clinically!

[TomSlick]

2. Public stupidity strikes again.

[Cha]

9. No kidding & there Goes the Job.. Poof!

[TomSlick]

13. The Army calls it a career ending decision.

[dalton99a]

3. One of Trump's very fine people from the Ukraine

https://heavy.com/news/2020/06/st-johns-university-coach-racist-comments/
St. Johns University Fencing Coach Fired for Racist Comments



Boris Vaksman, an assistant fencing coach for St. Johns University in New York, has been fired by the school for racist comments he made during a virtual clinic, the New York Post reported. A video of Vaksman making the comments was shared on Instagram.

Vaksman, who is originally from Odessa, Ukraine, was a four-time Soviet Union Champion and four-time national Epee champion in fencing, according to the outlet. He had been an assistant coach with St. Johns University since 2006, coaching under Yury Gelman. From 2005 to 2009, Vaksman was the United States Fencing Association’s junior national team coach.

He also works at Fencers Club New York as a referee and coach, the New York Post reported.

In the video, Vaksman said, “Because the most trouble [is] coming from where? From black people. Because they don’t want to work, they steal, they kill, they [do] drugs, everything comes from them — the majority, the majority. I think, what’s his name, [Abraham] Lincoln made a mistake.”

[Thomas Hurt]

6. Eastern European fascist import...

[Boxerfan]

4. Easy to find another job teaching people to fence

Maybe he's just tired because he had so many stolen goods to sell...Oh-That kind of fencing. Well there should be a huge demand for a teacher of pointy swords and etiquette.

Crawl back into the woodwork or a old novel where you belong. En Garde!

[soothsayer]

5. Stolen goods

[Cha]

7. The Racist Stupid Fucking BURNS! Thank goodness

Boris got caught on Vid with audio. Digital Age, Boris.

[AC_Mem]

11. How funny is it

That the racists are just stepping up one right after the other. I understand standing up for what you believe in but good grief, are they that proud of being racist pigs?

I keep saying thinking things just can't possibly get any crazier - and then 2020 is like .."here, hold my beer".

[TomSlick]

14. They are being encouraged by Trump.

There is no limit for how stupid people can be.

[roamer65]

12. Sounds like the idiot is a Putin and Russia lover.

[denem]

15. "what's his name ... Lincoln"

how to win friends and influence people

[Bayard]

16. Fencing would never make the news otherwise

As a former fencer, I can say most people consider the sport pretty boring. This guy sounds like a first class ass.

[Nevilledog]

17. Heard his wife, Natasha, is still supporting him.

[Demovictory9]

18. the video

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