Bank of America clerk fired for Facebook rant saying black people 'should go back to Africa'
Bank recieves hundreds of complaints as post aimed at 'f***ing n****rs' stirs outrage on Facebook
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Your support makes all the difference.A bank clerk was sacked for saying black people ‘should go back to Africa’ and making references to slavery during a rant on Facebook.
Christine Mcmullen Lindgren, 57, worked at an Atlanta branch of Bank of America before her apparent unprompted public outburst on the social network on the evening of 2 June.
Ms Lindgren appaered to write: “I hate Facebook for this reason you f****** n******. And yes, if [you] can call each that well I can too.
"F****** n***** go back to Africa. Get over your pity party.
"Do something with your lives and your children's lives."
It is unclear who specifically the tirade was aimed at, and shortly after the post was deleted, before Ms Lindgren's entire Facebook account went offline.
Bank of America received hundreds of complaints after a user spotted the bank’s name in the job section of Ms Lindgren’s profile page, and announced it had dismissed her a few hours later.
In a statement the bank said: “We are aware of an unacceptable post on Facebook. The comments are reprehensible.
“We have completed our investigation and have terminated the employment of the individual who posted the comments.”
Andy Aldridge, senior vice president at Bank of America, told AJC that the bank would personally apologise to all the users who had contacted them about the post.
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