A Mississippi teacher has been dismissed from her job after a racist Facebook post appeared on her page.
Officials confirmed to Fox13Memphis that Cammie Rone was dismissed from her position as a teacher at Mississippi's Batesville Intermediate School. The school serves about 600 students in the second and third grades, according to the school's website.
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A post on Cammie Rone's Facebook page said: "If blacks in this country are so offended no (one) is forcing them here. Why (don’t) they pack up and move back to Africa where they will have to work for a living."
It went on to say the government will “pay for it.”
In a second post, Rone claimed that she was hacked.
"If anyone knows me I post about cows, recipes, and home improvements. Not racism,” she wrote.
In a statement to Fox13Memphis, school district officials said Monday that they were aware of the incident and that Rone had been placed on administrative leave. A school district spokesperson told the news station on Wednesday that she was no longer an employee of the South Panola School District.
She has the option to appeal, officials said.
The Cox Media Group National Content Desk contributed to this report.
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