When You Find Yourself In A Hole, Stop Digging

The TNT Academy is a Georgia charter high school.  During the graduation ceremony on Friday, principal and founder Nancy Gordeuk mistakenly dismissed the assembly too early, then tried to call everyone back to their seats.  Didn't work.  Many people headed for the doors.

At the podium, Gordeuk said, "You people are being so rude."  (You people?)  "Oh, look who's leaving -- all the black people."  (Ah, those people!)  That prompted a real mass exodus.

Earlier in the evening's program, she had advised the crowd that "If your baby's crying, you need to tape their mouth."  She's a real charmer, an articulate educator.

On Saturday, she "apologized" by email, claiming the devil made her do it:  "The devil was in the house and came out from my mouth."  And her son Travis hopped to her defense on Facebook:  "Y'all niggers aren't talking about shit so if u got something to say come see me face to face."  A true gentleman and scholar. 

During a Monday TV interview, Gordeuk tried to sound contrite.  It didn't go well.  She insisted she's not a racist (don't they always?) and offered proof:  "I didn't say the N-word."   She said she didn't think calling people "black" was racist.  "What am I supposed to call them?  African-Americans?  Were they born in Africa?  No, they're Americans!"

At that very moment, someone handed Ms. Gordeuk a big, steaming cup of shut-the-fuck-up, but too late.  The redneck soon-to-be-former principal dug her own grave.