A Murray State University professor has been suspended following a racial remark he made to a black student. The political science professor’s name is Mark Wattier.
Freshman Arlene Johnson was in Mark Wattier’s class early last semester and questioned him when he started a class film early before class was even scheduled to start, especially when she arrived on time.
Johnson says Wattier responded by saying “slaves never showed up on time either.”
The comment was not only racial but it was insulting. Johnson dropped the class and filed a complaint with the university. In the meantime, the professor, Mark Wattier is on unpaid suspension.
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Like slaves should have been early ‘to be SLAVES’ dumb azz!
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That teacher does not belong in any classroom!!!
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I am so glad that the students had the courage to stand up and speak out against stupidity and racism.
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People think they don’t have to guard their tongues anymore.
After Obama became President, it seems that the seething racism that had always been lurking beneath the surface, erupted explosively on the floor of the U.S. Congress when Rep. Joe Wilson shouted “You lie!” at President Obama.
When the then-Minority leader, John Boo-hoo Boehner, did not vigorously publicly reprimand or rebuke him, it gave license to not only other conservative politicians, but people nationwide, on taking cues from their political leaders, to unleash, in untold volumes of nasty rhetoric, waiting to escape for decades, upon anyone, anywhere, anytime. It is truly ugly.
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@Zenna,
The ideals of equality were only just starting to jell in their brains when, all of a sudden, a black man was elected to be President.
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I see Trace made some changes, can we atleast say “Good morning” 🙂
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Morning!
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Morning Family!
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Morning!!!
Waves***
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE
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Morning Spice, Ace, Felicia and Yvonne 🙂
I think it’s gonna be slow day here in Ceo-Land.
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@ ASHANTI
I think so too.
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I think so too.
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🙂 I agree…
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Good Morning All
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Morning people. It’s a holidat 2day
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For every action there is a reaction.
Morning peeps.
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Morning ya’ll –> we gotta get USE to this new layout.
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Good morning Fam.
I am really surprised. I mean with a black president and everything I thought race issues were over.
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I mean with a black president and everything I thought race issues were over.
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@IONNA:
Racism is never over, they have actually escalated since President Obama was elected
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Morning Fam.
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Morning… 🙂
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Good morning everyone.
Are we ‘feelin’ this new layout?
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i’m FEELIN it 🙂
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Hip Hip Hooray for the NEW Adjustments!!!
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Good morning all.
@Daisy, I’m lovin Blog Queen’s the new layout!!! 🙂
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Morn-TING CEO Family! 🙂
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Good morning.
Change is good!!!
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Morning fam…
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Afternoon Family,
Hope everyone is well. I’m feelin the new blog layout. Ms. Trace stay busying up!!! 🙂
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“The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of an eye: the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.”
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WTF?
It seems that the nation is moving backwards!
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Evene if this girl had been an hour late for class, it doesn’t excuse a racist slur from the professor.
The sad thing is, that’s the way he must think.
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It’s too bad he was able to resign. It should have been an involuntary termination.
On another note, Arlene Johnson is a hottie.
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Good riddance, to that racist motherfucker !!! He don’t belong in a college classroom.
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Wow!
Can’t believe someone would say that!
You would think in 2011 there would be less ignorance in this world.
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WTF?
I agree @YASHA
How is it in 2011 there are still racists out there?
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There will always be racist!! And not just white.
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Unbelievable! but…not shocked!
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Just WOW. Unfriggin believable.
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College in Kentucky????
nuff said… what do you expect in these red racist states.
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*jaw drop*
*facepalm*
*headdesk*
*leaves post*
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“slaves never showed up on time either.”
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If it had said that 2me, I would have gone bat-shyt crazy on his azz and clawed his face.
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nah.. a good ole fashin azz whoopin springs to mind.
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She handled it very well., I would of FLIPPED!
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NO @2THICK:
violence would not been the proper answer. It would have been an admission that the racist stereotypes were true. We are all better than that.
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If it had said that 2me, I would have gone bat-shyt crazy on his azz and clawed his face.
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Then you would have been kicked out of the college, or even arrested had he decided to press charges. In situations like this, when dealing wit ignant azzes, it’s always best to be CIVIL.
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WTF?
Is it me or have these type of people gotten either larger in number or just more vocal since Obama was elected?
It’s like…”We’ll now ya’ll got a black president, so that gives us the right to be as openly racist” GTFOH!
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Some people can only feel good about themselves if they put others down.
This sad!
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His remark was presumptuous, racist, inappropriate–and just plain rude and ignorant!
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The professor was wrong to begin with because you don’t start something 15 minutes before class time — period. It’s not HIS time.
And his comment was just plain inexcusable.
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I agree with you. He was wrong on all counts.
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But ya’ll do know Al Sharpton is the biggest racist in America. He hates white people period!
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@Adam, this post ain’t even about sharpton but you always seem to drag sharpton’s name in every post or comment that has do with race or racism. WTF dude.??
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@ADAM,
Al Sharpton does not hate all white people. You should listen to him more closely. He makes a great deal of sense on many subjects…Get ova your ideologies about him.
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Adam: I don’t agree with a lot of what Al Sharpton says and does because he has a tendency to shoot off at the mouth without many facts, but I believe he hates what white people DO, rather than hating all white people.
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@Adam, Al Sharpton does not hate white people, let that go!
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LOL @Adam, always managing to throw sharpton under the bus! even when the subject ain’t about em.
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@adam, how is your comment about sharpton relevant to this post? I mean where the fuck did it come from? it’s like, ‘ok this white professor said this but sharpton is a racist’ WTF?
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@Adam, All of us do and say stupid things but i mean…WTF is your point???
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This man shouldn’t be teaching anywhere if he doesn’t have the abilities to self-censor his racial prejudices. bottomline!
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A comment like that doesn’t come from nowhere, and likely represents a long-hidden deep rooted hate for black folk.
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Agreed, that fool has “issues”
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SAD 😦
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Arlene doesn’t look like a slave at all. She’s an intelligent young woman who wasn’t informed about the class schedule.
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Well um, what does a slave look like?
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He meant that shit!!!
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He said slaves never showed up on time? The slaves were the first ones in the fields and kitchens at the crack of dawn.
Dumb ass!
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That professor was totally in the wrong. And slaves were never allowed to be late most worked from “cant see to cant see”- from the time you cant see in the morning till you cant see at night. They would some times have them out there with torches picking cotton during harvest time.
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As a matter of fact, a slave was probably the original alarm clock assigned to wake the “masta” for breakfast.
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the ones that were late were the ones who had to get cleaned up after the massa came to visit and rape them.
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If slaves were late, they got their asses whooped point blank! This motherfucker just wanted to be insulting while verbally demontsrating his real hate for black people.
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Depressed is the professors reason for being IGNORANT? Couldn’t he had come up with a better excuse?
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I’m out!!
Gotta head to the chiro. (I’m already tired of going) Hope everyone has a good evening!
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Ridiculous..
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all white raict people can kiss my black azz!!
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All whites ARE racist….Some are just better at concealing it than others.
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All whites ARE racist. Some are just better at concealing it than others.
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Not true….and how dare you generalize…
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All whites ARE racist. Some are just better at concealing it than others.
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Some are better concealing it yes, just as anyone with hidden prejudices. But to say All whites ARE racist @Tamala, is not fair….nor is it true,
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I agree with Joanne.
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SMH @ “All whites ARE racist”
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Damn @Tamala, you gansta!!!!
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All whites ARE racist—-> I resent what you said and of course can’t agree. It’s PREJUDICE and unfair that you would even generalize a race by stating something so ridiculous.
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Some are better concealing it yes, just as anyone with hidden prejudices. But to say All whites ARE racist @Tamala, is not fair….nor is it true,
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All whites ARE racist….Some are just better at concealing it than others.
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LMAO @how, Tamala threw the whole fuckin race under one big yella bus!!!!
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SMH @ Tamala, that shit is so unfair….
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@Tamala, I can’t RESPECT your comment cause it was WHACKED!!!!
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Fine @ all of you…but that’s my opinion.
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Fine @ all of you…but that’s my opinion.
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No offense but YOUR OPINION is fucked up! and you’ve offended those of us here who are WHITE and know and feel different.
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I thought this was a multi-colored ‘ceo family’???? My bad.
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I thought this was a multi-colored ‘ceo family’???? My bad.
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OH IT IS….TRUST IT IS….
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ok, I’ll retract…. “SOME white people are racist”
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ok, I’ll retract…. “SOME white people are racist”
LOL, don’t try da RETRACT dat shit now, cause you know Joanne is Blog Queen’s crony.
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LOL, don’t try da RETRACT dat shit now, cause you know Joanne is Blog Queen’s crony.
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Tamala’s comment is unfair., that’s just like saying “all black people are racist” I mean really. It’s one thing to have an opinion but to generalize a whole race is just disrespectful, esp. when that race of people are amongst us.
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EXACTLY!!!!
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