Maya* did not anticipate being called the n-word as she passed down the hallway when she began a new teaching position.
Her fellow educators continued to harass her. She was referred to as a “curry lover” and feels that because of the color of her skin, she was once prevented from meeting her parents.
day.She encountered sexism in addition to racism there. They said she had “blowjob lips” and would need to “bend over a desk to get a promotion” since she was a woman. She claims that incidents such as these occurred “almost every day”.
-Maya eventually had to quit her employment, and she signed a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) that prevented her from it.
She also described the hefty payoff she got as “money to keep quiet” as part of the terms of her departure.
News has interviewed over 320 teachers from state, private, and special schools in the UK, all of whom have reported having been bullied at work. 119 of them claim to have signed non-disclosure agreements and to have received remuneration in the low thousands to tens of thousands of pounds.
According to calculations made by News, these teachers have received over £1.73 million in total compensation.
