A white teacher at a rural New York public school is accused of questioning a pair of light-skinned Black students about their fair complexions, asking both — in front of a classroom full of kids — if they were “‘pure-bred’ Black,” according to a staggering lawsuit obtained by The Independent.
Monique-Gale Messina, an educator at Eldred Junior Senior High School in Sullivan County, also scrutinized the texture of the teens’ hair, according to the suit, which was initially filed in New York State Supreme Court last month before being removed to White Plains federal court on Tuesday.
