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WEBVTT GUILFORD COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON, A TEACHER AT OH GLOBAL BAPTIST ACADEMY IN STOKESDALE HAS BEEN DISCIPLINED AFTER A COMMENT SHE MADE A FACEBOOK POST WAS INTERPRETED AS RACIST. THE TEACHER IDENTIFIED AS DARLING PITMAN ON FACEBOOK MADE THE COMMENT" THIS STUFF MAKES ME MAD, HE DOES NOT DESERVE A TRIAL. GO BACK TO OLD-FASHIONED HANGINGS. THE NEWS ARTICLE DETAILS THE MURDER OF A PREGNANT CHEERLEADER BY A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER. PITMAN MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT TO WXII 12 NEWS -- I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY MISCONCEPTIONS OF MY POSTS NINE DEFINITELY NOT RACIST, I’M HONESTLY SORRY THAT SUMMARY PEOPLE TOOK THIS AS OFFENSIVE. I DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE THE COLOR OF EITHER OF THE VICTIM NOR THE ACCUSER. I WAS REFERRING TO THE CRIME, NO MATTER COLOR OR RACE. ADMINISTERED FOR A GLOBAL BAPTIST ACADEMY SAYS THE SCHOOL WOULD NEVER JUSTIFY PITMAN’S LANGUAGE IN ANY WAY AND IN A STATEMENT, WALKER SAID QUOTE NUMBER WE TREAT EVERYONE EQUALLY ARE IN THE DISCIPLINE OF THE FUTURE WILL BE HANDLED INTERNALLY BY THE SCHOOL AND WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT ABOUT THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION. WALKER WOULD NOT ELABORATE ON THE EXACT THIS PLENARY ACTIONS TA

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A teacher at Oak Level Baptist Academy in Stokesdale has been "disciplined" after a comment she made on a Facebook post was interpreted as racist. The teacher, identified as Darlene Pittman on Facebook, made the comment: "This stuff makes me mad. He doesn't deserve a trial. Go back to old fashioned hangings." Pittman's comment was in response to a news article detailing the murder of a pregnant cheerleader by a high school football player.Pittman made the following statement to WXII 12 News:"I apologize for any misconceptions of my post. I am definitely not racist. I am honestly sorry that so many people took it as offensive. I didn't even notice the color of either the victim, nor the accuser," said Pittman. "I was referring to the crime. No matter color or race."Pittman says she mentioned hangings because "people aren't afraid of the punishment they receive for their crimes" these days."I only meant when hangings were used for capital punishment. There was less crimes due to (the) punishment being so harsh," said Pittman. Clay Walker, administrator for Oak Level Baptist Academy, says the school would never justify Pittman's language in any way."Our school deeply regrets the actions of its teacher on her personal Facebook page, which she also regrets," said Walker. "She fully acknowledges the poor choice of words. She was responding to the horror of the crime and to earlier times in America when all murderers were hanged. She did not to intend to refer to the race of the perpetrator. "Walker continues by saying Oak Level Baptist Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race."We treat everyone equally. The discipline of this teacher will be handled internally by the school and we have no further comment about this unfortunate situation," said Walker.Walker would not elaborate on the exact disciplinary actions taken by the staff against Pittman.Pittman did not respond to WXII 12 after inquiring about the level of disciplinary action she received.Se'Quoia Joins, the woman at the center of the Facebook post questioning Pittman's actions, says Pittman knew what her comments truly meant."As a professional educator, she should know not to throw terms like that around. In this day and age, that type of talk is just not appropriate -- especially after so many innocent African Americans died because of these “good old fashioned hangings,” as she so elegantly worded it," said Joins.