School teacher fired over racist Facebook rant claims account was hacked

A Mississippi school teacher has been dismissed from her role after she was accused of posting a racist rant on Facebook.

Cammie Rone, who taught at Batesville Intermediate School in Paloma County, has denied authoring a post suggesting that black people who are unhappy living in the United States move back to Africa.

"If blacks in this country are so offended no one is forcing them to stay here," the post begins, according to WREG.

"Why don't they pack up and move back to Africa where they will have to work for a living. I am sure our government will pay for it! We pay for everything else," the rest of the post read.

Rone claims that her Facebook account was hacked before the post appeared.

"I think my account was hacked. I keep getting messages about racist posts, but when I go to my page, I can't see it," Rone wrote on Facebook, according to WREG.

She added that her own posts are usually about "cows, recipes and home improvement stuff not racism."

Parents doubted that Rone's Facebook account had been hacked and called for her to be removed from the classroom.

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"I don't feel right with her teaching him," parent Keboni Anderson said before her dismissal was announced.

"She came to me as a good person and then when I read the comment it rubbed me the wrong way," she added, WREG reported.

The school district said that Rone was dismissed on Tuesday, Sept. 19, shortly after it became aware of the controversial post.

"Cammie Rone has been dismissed from our employment," South Panola School district public information director Jeff Eubanks told the Daily News.

"She is no longer an employee of the South Panola School District," he added.

The school district's employee conduct police stipulates that employees are responsible for "promoting a positive environment for teaching, learning and student well-being."

"Unseemly dress, conduct or the use of abusive, foul or profane language in the presence of students is expressly prohibited and will not be tolerated," it says.

"With the prevalence of technology and social networking, professional conduct must be maintained in these arenas as well to protect individuals' rights and the integrity of the institution."

It explains that severe violations of the policy can result in suspension, dismissal, or non-renewal.

Rone has the right to appeal the school district's decision and appear before the school board for a hearing.

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