#hisnameiscayden (black child mocked on FB)
October 6, 2015 at 11:02 am
(This post was last modified: October 6, 2015 at 11:20 am by c172.)
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/30427294-story
ETA: (sorry, misstroke caused this to go through without any context)
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/30427294-story
http://womanista.com/2015/10/06/man-gets...rkers-3-y/
ATLANTA - A swirl of controversy over a Facebook post and its accompanying racially-charged comments have led to an Atlanta man's job termination.
Gerod Roth, who is white, was fired from the Polaris Marketing Group in Atlanta last week after posting a picture with his co-worker's African-American child to the social media site. Roth's Facebook friends made insulting and racist remarks to the picture that has since gone viral.
“I just really feel upset, not only with myself, but also the character that was based off the comments that my friends had made. Cayden has been victimized but I have been targeted,” Roth said.
Photo Georgia Man Loses Job, Upsets Mother after Facebook Post
The post has since been deleted from Facebook. But Sydney Shelton, the mother of 3-year-old Cayden Jenkins, said she was broken-hearted to see people calling her child “Kunta Kinte” and saying they didn't know Roth was a “slave owner.” Shelton is a single mother and brings Cayden to her job after school. She told FOX 5 she was unaware that Roth took a picture with her son.
ETA: I'm pretty glad he's gone, but I'm not completely clear as to why, yet.
Did he post anything racist on his own, or was is entirely his FB friends? I don't even know 90% of my FB friends in person. They are there for gaming partnerships. That's how many FB games work. But then, I can delete said friends at any time. So....I just don't know.
Somebody in comments posted about taking a pic with a minor who isn't his own kid. I'm sure pst a point that can be a liability. But a friends' kid? Maybe this woman never returned his friendship. I've had that happen quite bit.
ETA: (sorry, misstroke caused this to go through without any context)
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/30427294-story
http://womanista.com/2015/10/06/man-gets...rkers-3-y/
ATLANTA - A swirl of controversy over a Facebook post and its accompanying racially-charged comments have led to an Atlanta man's job termination.
Gerod Roth, who is white, was fired from the Polaris Marketing Group in Atlanta last week after posting a picture with his co-worker's African-American child to the social media site. Roth's Facebook friends made insulting and racist remarks to the picture that has since gone viral.
“I just really feel upset, not only with myself, but also the character that was based off the comments that my friends had made. Cayden has been victimized but I have been targeted,” Roth said.
Photo Georgia Man Loses Job, Upsets Mother after Facebook Post
The post has since been deleted from Facebook. But Sydney Shelton, the mother of 3-year-old Cayden Jenkins, said she was broken-hearted to see people calling her child “Kunta Kinte” and saying they didn't know Roth was a “slave owner.” Shelton is a single mother and brings Cayden to her job after school. She told FOX 5 she was unaware that Roth took a picture with her son.
ETA: I'm pretty glad he's gone, but I'm not completely clear as to why, yet.
Did he post anything racist on his own, or was is entirely his FB friends? I don't even know 90% of my FB friends in person. They are there for gaming partnerships. That's how many FB games work. But then, I can delete said friends at any time. So....I just don't know.
Somebody in comments posted about taking a pic with a minor who isn't his own kid. I'm sure pst a point that can be a liability. But a friends' kid? Maybe this woman never returned his friendship. I've had that happen quite bit.
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