A North Texas teacher was dismissed for allegedly sharing offensive social media posts targeting white people and making light of violence toward them.
Danielle Allen, a former first-grade teacher at Thompson Elementary School in the Mesquite Independent School District (ISD), found herself at the center of controversy due to her posts on X, previously known as Twitter.
Her X profile, which went by the alias “Claire King” or “Claire Kyle,” appears to have since been deleted.
Yet it allegedly included a biography in which Allen referred to herself as a “black supremacist” and showcased a series of untoward statements revealing an apparent disdain for white people.
“I enjoy being racist! I’m never changing!” one post from read, according to Texas Scorecard.
In one particular video reposted by an X account named “Libs of TikTok” on August 7, Allen allegedly said she wished to sabotage her sister’s relationship with a white man — “a pasty” — and even went so far as to suggest killing him.
As previously reported in The Dallas Express, the Libs of TikTok also exposed external links to organizations providing LGBT sex-ed resources that had been provided by Lewisville ISD on its website. The links were later deleted.
In the case of Allen, after being exposed as a Mesquite ISD teacher, she posted the same day that her employers had found humor in the situation.
“They told me to delete the post but my job is safe since I did not directly wish harm to ALL white people,” the post read.
“Just talked to the school board and my job is safe. Cry in the corner. I told them it was a joke, and they know I’m not racist so have fun,” a comment added to the post read.
However, an announcement from Mesquite ISD the following day told a different story altogether.
“At approximately 4 p.m. yesterday, Mesquite ISD became aware of a series of alarming, racist statements … our Personnel staff began an immediate investigation,” a post from the district’s X account read.
“As of this morning, the employee is no longer a part of the Mesquite ISD organization and is not eligible for rehire,” the statement continued.
Citing privacy concerns, the district declined to comment further on the situation.
Despite the controversy, Allen remains certified by the Texas Education Agency. She had been a part of Mesquite ISD for four years and spent the last three at Thompson Elementary.
In another black eye for the district in June, a 24-year-old former substitute teacher named Natally Garcia was indicted on several counts of child endangerment after allegedly organizing fight clubs among her students at Kimbrough Middle School, as previously reported in The Dallas Express.
