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Trump voterWow.............just the other day a school board was holding a meeting to discuss racism in the school. When one parent got up and told how his son had been bullied because of his ethnicity, another parent interrupted him and asked why didn't he stay in Mexico.
The man is a small business owner, has 3 restaurants, and came here over 40 years ago.
Why is it that people feel that comments like these are appropriate in public, especially when it is a school board meeting to discuss racial tensions? And, not only did he manage to upset most people at the meeting, his family has gone onto social media to denounce his remarks.
'Why didn't you stay in Mexico?' Parent's racist remark interrupts anti-racism school board meeting
SALINE, MI -- A Michigan parent interrupted a school board meeting with a racist remark, while another parent was talking about how racism at the school was affecting his child.
Adrian Iraola, who is Latino, had a microphone and was sharing a story about his son crying himself to sleep because of the racial abuse he was being forced to endure at his school.
Iraola was mid-sentence when a man seated behind him spoke up.
"Then why didn't you stay in Mexico?" the man, later identified as Tom Burtell, said.
The interjection caused audible gasps and looks of shock from other parents in the room.
Other people in the audience can be heard saying, "You need to leave," and "That's disgusting."
The video was taken at the Saline Area Schools meeting and shared by Ann Arbor News/MLive.com.
Burtell's son posted on Facebook distancing himself from his father and his father's "views of hate." He also said none of his 10 siblings condone their father's actions.