A PRINCIPAL IN NEW ORLEANS HAS BEEN FIRED AFTER HE
WAS SPOTTED WEARING NAZI JEWELRY AT A PROTEST ON THE REMOVAL OF
CONFEDERATE MEMORIALS.
SO, NEW ORLEANS DECIDED TO GET RID OF CONFEDERATE
MEMORIALS WAS OF COURSE A HUGE STORY.
HE WENT TO ONE OF THE PROTESTS AGAINST LAWMAKER DECISIONS TO
REMOVE THOSE MEMORIALS, AND WHEN HE WENT THERE HE WAS WEARING
SOME QUESTIONABLE NOT TO JEWELRY.
NICHOLAS DEAN IS HIS NAME, HE LOST HIS JOB AT CRESCENT
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AFTER HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED WEARING AND I
ACROSS ñ AN IRON CROSS RING, SKULL RING, PLASTIC HELMET AND
HOMEMADE SHIELD WHILE ATTENDING A PROTEST OF THE REMOVAL OF
CONFEDERATE MEMORIALS IN THE CITY.
HE ADMITTED, IN A RIGHT-WING PODCAST, THAT OTHERS WOULD
LIKELY CONSIDER HIM A WHITE SUPREMICIST, AND HIS
HAND-PAINTED SHIELD DISPLAYED A VARIATION ON THE COME AND
TAKE IT SLOGAN, POPULAR WITH MILITIA GROUPS.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE IS A RATHER LARGE BLACK POPULATION
IN THE SCHOOL HE WAS PRINCIPAL AT, SO IT IS PROBLEMATIC
FOR HIM TO BE WEARING NAZI PERFECT ñ PARAPHERNALIA.
HE SAYS, "IF I'VE MADE A MISTAKE IN ANY OF THIS, IT'S NOT
THAT I WENT TO THE MEMORIAL AND HAD MY PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN
NEAR A CONFEDERATE FLAG.
IT'S NOT THE MISTAKES THAT I MADE, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH THOSE THINGS.
THE MISTAKE THAT I MADE WAS BELIEVING THAT MULTICULTURALISM,
DIVERSITY, ETHNIC PRIDE OR HERITAGE APPLIED TO ME, TOO."
SO, YOU SEE GUYS, HE'S THE VICTIM HERE TOO.
HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO PARADE AROUND WITH HIS NAZI JEWELRY
WITHOUT SOME CONSEQUENCES, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF HE IS A
PRINCIPAL THAT REPRESENTS A SCHOOL WITH BLACK STUDENTS.
IT'S UNFAIR, POOR THING.
SINCE WHEN DID NEO-NAZI BECOME AN ETHNICITY?
IT ISN'T.
YOU DON'T REPRESENT WHITE PEOPLE WITH THIS, YOU DON'T.
AND YOU NEED TO BE PROTECTING THESE KIDS.
THE IMAGE OF, I'M GOING TO PUT WHITES FIRST, OR WHATEVER
VIOLENT IMAGERY COMES FROM THAT, IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE; HE
SHOULD BE FIRED.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO STUFF LIKE THIS ñ I DID SOME
RESEARCH ON THIS GUY, THAT SCHOOL IS A SECOND CHANCE
SCHOOL, AND IT'S FULL OF KIDS WHO HAVE HAD A ROUGH GO OF
THINGS, AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SECOND CHANCE SCHOOLS SET UP IN
THE WAKE OF HURRICANE KATRINA, WHEN KIDS HAD SOME REALLY TOUGH
TIMES, WHEN THEY GOT DISPLACED, EXPELLED, AND WHATNOT, IT'S ONE
OF THOSE SCHOOL THAT WAS SET UP TO HANDLE THAT, AND THOSE
SCHOOLS WERE NIGHTMARES, GOING TO NPR, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE
THE INFRASTRUCTURE APPARENTLY.
AND THIS WAS THE PRINCIPAL WHO HAD TURNED THIS SCHOOL
AROUND, AT LEAST TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
IN WHAT WAY?
IN TERMS OF, THERE WERE BETTER TEST SCORES ñ I'M JUST TALKING
ABOUT WHETHER HE'S GOOD AT HIS JOB.
ONE STUDENT SAID, "IT'S NOT A BAD SCHOOL, THE PRINCIPAL MISTER
DEAN IS A GOOD MAN, HE WORKS WITH YOU.
IT'S HARD TO GET INTO TROUBLE HERE BECAUSE THE TEACHERS
UNDERSTAND YOU, IF YOU GET INTO TROUBLE HERE, YOU ARE IGNORANT."
THIS IS JUST ONE STUDENT ACCOUNT.
I AM ALL FOR FREE SPEECH.
I FIRST SAW NAZI STUFF AND I WAS LIKE, I HATE NANCY'S NUMBER
THEY ARE SO TERRIBLE.
AND THEN I THOUGHT, ALL RIGHT, I DO SUPPORT FREE SPEECH.
I DID A WHOLE VIDEO ABOUT RACIST MONUMENTS IN NEW ORLEANS,
AND WHY, PUTTING IN THE RIGHT CONTEXT ñ
IF YOU LEAVE THEM AS IS RIGHT NOW IT IS CELEBRATING
RACISM, AND THAT'S BAD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE AS A COUNTRY
PUT FORWARD ñ BUT THE IDEA OF PEOPLE GOING OUT, THE BLUES
BROTHERS, WAVING CONFEDERATE FLAGS, THEY LOOK RIDICULOUS,
I HAVE NO PEOPLE ñ NO PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE LOOKING RIDICULOUS.
BUT THE FACT THAT HE IS AROUND SO MANY CHILDREN, THAT IS
THE QUALIFIER THAT TIPS ME ON THE SIDE OF LIKE, THIS GUY,
WE CAN'T PUT SOMEONE WHO IS SO STUPID THAT HE WOULD PUT
HIMSELF OUT THERE IN THAT WAY, BE AROUND KIDS.
BUT, I DID NOT JUST HEAR NAZI JEWELRY ñ NAZI INSPIRED
JEWELRY, AND SAY LIKE, HE SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS JOB.
I THINK IT'S MORE NUANCED THAN THAT, AND IF HE WAS LIKE ñ IF HE
DISPATCHED UHAULS I WOULD SAY, LET HIM DO THAT, I DON'T CARE,
HE CAN STILL BE A NAZI, BUT BEING AROUND KIDS.
THEY STILL NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP THEM, IN THOSE FORMIDABLE YEARS
WHILE THEY ARE LEARNING THINGS IMMEDIATELY TO THINK THAT
THEIR PRINCIPAL IS AGAINST THEM, THAT THEY SHOULD BE SCARED,
THAT THEY ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH, OR FIRST-CLASS IN THESE
PEOPLE'S EYES.
SCHOOL IS NOT THERE TO TEACH YOU THAT, THERE'S ENOUGH OF
THAT IN THE REAL WORLD.
WELL, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE
AND AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE
ENOUGH TO BRING CERTAIN ISSUES TO ADMINISTRATORS, RIGHT?
YES.
AND SO, IF YOU CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT IS
GREATLY TRANSPARENT THAT CERTAIN ADMINISTERS DON'T CARE
ABOUT YOU, THEY THINK LESS OF YOU, STUDENTS ARE GOING TO
TRUST THAT.
AND LOOK, I DON'T CARE IF HE DRIVES A U-HAUL TRUCK, OR
WHATEVER, WHO CARES, BUT IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH KIDS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME OF THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL LIFE
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HE JUST THINKS I'M BETTER THAN YOU.
BUT IT GOES FURTHER THAN THAT.
YOU CAN'T BE SCARING THEM IN THEIR SCHOOL.
YES, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S THE TYPE OF SCHOOL THAT TRIES TO
GIVE DISADVANTAGED KIDS A SHOT AT LIFE.
I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE SOMEONE, I GUESS LESS
BIASED TEACHING, OR ADMINISTRATOR IN THAT ROLE.
YEAH, HE SAID ñ IT'S WEIRD, IT'S ANOTHER ONE, IT'S SIMILAR TO THE
SUICIDE NOTE FROM THE WAR MACHINE GUY ñ SAYING THINGS THAT
SEEM SUPER WOKE, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT HE
THINKS HE SO ENLIGHTENED ABOUT.
"I STARTED SEEING HOW THE BLACK COMMUNITY LOOK AT EACH
OTHER, AND HOW RACE IS DRIVE IS SO POWERFUL FOR THEM, AND I
REALLY RESPECTED THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY FIGHT A LOT,
THERE'S A SENSE OF UNITY AMONG BLACKS THAT IS MISUNDERSTOOD.
THAT'S WHEN I BEGAN MY OWN IDENTITY, IF YOU WILL."
THAT'S LIKE, IT SOUNDS A COMPLIMENT, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.
I THINK IT'S SUPER AND DRY, I GET THE IDEA OF, WHEN YOU
ARE NOT AT WORK, GO DO YOUR OWN THING, BUT YOU STILL NOW
ARE IN THE NEWS AS EXAMPLES OF THE CHILDREN THAT YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF AUTHORITY AND CREDIBILITY WITH.
I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT HE IS A PRINCIPAL, AND
PEOPLE DON'T JUST GET JOBS AS POSSIBLE IS RIGHT OUT OF
COLLEGE.
YOU BECOME A PERSONAL AFTER YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS AN
EDUCATOR, AND THE REASON WHY HE WAS ABLE TO MOVE UP THE RANKS
IN EDUCATION IS BECAUSE, ALL OF THIS STUFF WAS NOT AS OVERT.
HE WASN'T OVERTLY CELEBRATING NAZI SYMBOLS.
THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, SOMETHING THAT IS
RELATIVELY NEW IN SOCIETY.
THINGS WERE RELATIVELY BEHIND-THE-SCENES BEFORE THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AND NOW EVERYONE IS PROUD OF THEIR
RACISM, PROUD OF THEIR SUPER CRAZY BIASES.
AND THAT'S THE PART THAT SCARES ME, HE FEELS PROUD ENOUGH ON HIS
THOUGHTS ON RACE THAT HE GOES TO A VERY PUBLIC PLACE, WEARING
VERY QUESTIONABLE JEWELRY, AND REPRESENT WHAT HE REALLY THINKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING, BECAUSE ON
THE ONE HAND, THAT TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AT
LEAST WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, BUT ON THE OTHER
HAND, WE ARE SEEING THIS VERY REGRESSIVE RHETORIC IN SOCIETY.
IT'S TOUGH DUDE, YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW.
WE ALWAYS USED TO JOKE ABOUT MY PRINCIPAL BEING A NAZI.
NOT MY PRINCIPAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY THE WEIGHT ROOM GUY.
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