MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) - New audio recordings of alleged controversial comments in the classroom have landed a South Florida teacher under investigation and reassigned.
The controversial comments in the classroom were brought to light after a student recorded her teacher’s rant the day after conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was killed.
Steven Babice, a social studies teacher at Everglades High School in Miramar, got into a heated disagreement with a student in his classroom, and many believe that Babice crossed a line by cursing and bringing his own political beliefs into the classroom.
“How come there’s a parade and riots and murders and burning cities down? Because George Floyd, a career criminal, died. But when that white girl on the train got stabbed in the neck, just whispers.”[…] “Why do black people hate white people? Because the cops are killing blacks? Is that what’s going on? Are more whites getting shot by cops than blacks? Somebody say yes, because that’s the fact.”
7News spoke with the mother of the student who recorded the incident, and masked her voice to keep her identity private.
“My initial reaction was, I was appalled. It was OK to say this if he was having drinks with his buddies, it was okay to vent with his children, his wife, but to a classroom full of 18 and 17-year-old kids, absolutely not!” said the concerned mother.
She said it all started when a student made a comment about Kirk.
“He told them that things could be open discussion, but as soon as the child said, ‘Charlie Kirk was a racist,’ he kicked him out,” said the mother.
She said the student claimed that Babice also said that Charlie Kirk had done more for black people than people like President Barack Obama did.
Ultimately, Babice kicked the student out of his class, and can be heard in the recording very displeased talking about the teenager in a controversial manner.
“The black kid’s got the balls to say that to me. He don’t know. He’s ignorant to the whole situation,” he is heard saying in the audio.
The concerned mother said that not only did he go off on a political tangent, he also became physically aggressive in the class.
“Why should our children have to sit in a classroom and see a man pound his fist into a desk? My daughter doesn’t even see that at home,” said the mother.
Babice appeared to also touch on the issue of race relations in America during the political rant.
“[…] I grew up white OK? Everybody I know was taught to not be racist. We’re all equal, that’s what we were taught, then I become an adult and guess what? I find out as an adult that black people are taught to hate white people so who’s the racist?” said Babice in the recording.
The concerned mother told 7News Babice’s comments on Black households were untrue.
“That is absolutely untrue. I don’t teach hate in my home. I don’t really know a Black person who does teach hate,” she said.
Students at the school say they’re not really surprised by the teacher’s words.
“That’s like one thing about him. That was his whole like persona. I feel like he was a very like a political guy,” said a former student of Babice, Ahmed Dogan.
7News then asked him if he could tell which way Babice swung politically, and Dogan said yes.
“Yeah, 100%, everyone did, it was like a matter of time that something like this happened,” responded Dogan.
Another student suggested that biases should be left out if politics are going to be brought up by educators.
“If teachers want to bring politics into a classroom, they should definitely take the nonpartisan route of it,” said Taylor Berry.
Broward County Public Schools released a statement on the situation that reads as follows,
“We take all allegations seriously and will thoroughly investigate to ensure our learning environments remain safe, respectful, and inclusive for every student and family. The District is aware of the allegations involving this employee. He has been placed on administrative reassignment pending the outcome of an investigation by professional practices.
The teacher had previously been reprimanded by the school district, and the mother says she will use this as a learning lesson for her daughter on how to have proper political discourse, even when you disagree.
“I know they are doing a thorough investigation. I really don’t know what they really need to investigate. There’s a recording. This is not hearsay, this is not the child’s word against the teacher’s word; you heard it for yourself, what more do you need?” said the mother.
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