Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Statement Analysis: Angelique Simpson-Marcus

principal simpson-marcus with cut line








A reliable denial uses the pronoun, "I", the past tense "did not" or "didn't", and is specifically addressed to the allegation.  If someone uses the word "never", however, it is "unreliable", unless the question asked includes the word "ever."  A Reliable Denial has these three components.  If a denial has less than three, or more than three, it is to be deemed "Unreliable" by the analyst.
"Did you ever...?"  "No, I never..." is an appropriate use of the word "never" in a denial.  
Unreliable Denials sometimes will drop the pronoun "I", as teens are oft to do: 
"Went to the movies with friends, Mom!"
Others will show an Unreliable Denial with "wouldn't" instead of "didn't."
"I would never steal..." is to avoid saying, "I did not steal..."
Still others will use the present tense to show an Unreliable Denial. "I don't do drugs" instead of "I didn't smoke pot on shift..." 
Here, we find the principal employs the word "never" and then moves immediately on to present tense.   Here is an article with an Unreliable Denial as a sample  


UPPER MARLBORO, Md. – A Maryland jury has awarded a white teacher $350,000 in damages for being discriminated against by his former principal, an African-American woman.

The Washington Post reports teacher Jon Everhart, 65, filed a lawsuit in 2010 against Prince George’s County Public Schools on the grounds that Largo High School Principal Angelique Simpson-Marcus subjected him to abuse because of his race.
Everhart claims Simpson-Marcus called him “poor white trash” and “white b—-,” and told students that the “only reason a white teacher teaches in (Prince George’s) County is that they can’t get a job elsewhere.”
Simpson-Marcus’ hostility toward Everhart reportedly began in 2003 when both were working as teachers in Largo High School. Everhart says Simpson-Marcus told him that if she ever became principal, he would be the first person she would fire, the Washington Post reports.
Bryan Chapman, Everhart’s attorney, said that when Simpson-Marcus became the school’s principal in 2007, “Everhart, who was once named the school’s Teacher of the Year and who received stellar evaluations, started to receive unsatisfactory performance evaluations,” the news site reports.

Media reports indicate Everhart was fired after the 2009-10 school year.
Everhart says his years of harassment from Simpson-Marcus contributed to a decline in his health, including high blood pressure and heart problems.
Simpson-Marcus denies all wrongdoing.
“I never said any of those things,” she told the Post. “I don’t use that kind of language.”
However, a group of Largo High School employees claims otherwise.
According to a 2011 Washington Post article, several faculty members said Simpson-Marcus “routinely called her secretaries names, such as ‘chicken heads,’ ‘ghetto’ and ‘hood rats.’
The teachers also said they were mistreated for vocally supporting Everhart.
A judge will decide if Everhart should also be awarded back pay, retirement and health benefits, and the restoration of his teaching certificate, the Post adds.
Prince George’s school leaders may appeal the $350,000 ruling.

6 comments:

BigSister said...

" I'm speechless" Robin Williams after receiving his only Oscar. RIP

John Mc Gowan said...

So simple, yet the guilty, so often find it hard to say.

rob said...

Oh, so that works both ways?

Lillybeth said...

But haven't we been told over and over, that racism is only a one way street?

sidewalk super said...

You would be horrified at how often this reverse racism occurs, almost always in government type jobs, where it is so difficult to fire inadequate employees, leading to sloth, hatred, and acting out.
The current occupant of the White House is an expert at reverse racism.

Anonymous said...

Where is Reverend Jackson now?