Douglas Anderson teacher reassigned after Facebook post criticizing a city councilman

actionnewsjax.com ^ | September 25, 2025 | Ben Becker

[V_TWIN]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

In her post, McMath wrote:

“Racist dog whistles abound on Jacksonville’s City Council. It was on full display last night (September 9) as the grand wizard who calls himself Rory Diamond attempted to attack every group of people — his constituents — that do not look like him. His MAGA maneuvers are gross and dangerous. Gratitude for the Council people who stood up against this foolishness and walked out… Jim Crow 2.0 in Jax ain’t no lie.”

[V_TWIN]

"McMath, a former executive director of the Cummer Museum and current director of Yellow House, is known for her work at the intersection of art and social justice. She also served as the Chair of the Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Committee on Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s transition team."

[V_TWIN]

“known for her work at the intersection of art and social justice”

Good grief. SMH

[pburiak]

Exhibit A of “You CAN judge a book by it’s cover.”

[V_TWIN]

Duval liberal stupidity ping!

[dljordan]

Just one look,
that’s all it took.

[JSM_Liberty]

She should be allowed to express her opinion.

[Red Badger]

Dog whistles?

She heard them.......................

[V_TWIN]

She did express her opinions......nobody stopped her.

That DOES NOT mean an employer has to tolerate it.

Freedom of speech comes with responsibility and possibly consequences.

[larrytown]

That DOES NOT mean an employer has to tolerate it.

That SOUNDS acceptable, but it really isn't. There better be some pretty clear policy guideline that were violated by this public communication in order to justify retributive action.

As distasteful as it may be, this appears to be a pretty egregious violation of her First Amendment rights.

Yes, the left started this (hypocrites that they are), but there's no need to follow them off the cliff - especially in obvious cases.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

“McMath, a former executive director of the Cummer Museum and current director of Yellow House, ....”

Back in my day, we would call that The Outhouse.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Slander is ok?

[V_TWIN]

“There better be some pretty clear policy guideline that were violated by this public communication”

The school system saw fit to move her so apparently she violated the code of conduct.

No different than failing an employers drug screen......you agree to it when hired......don’t get upset when you get caught in violation.

[V_TWIN]

Check out some of her artwork....one sure looks like the crosshairs of a rifle scope to me.

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https://www.yellowhouseart.org/about/hope-mcmath/

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Is ‘she’ a dude?

[V_TWIN]

Pronouns are (she/her).....if you go in for that sort of ridiculous idiotic nonsense.

[AppyPappy]

That sounds like dangerous violent rhetoric that could lead to violence.

[V_TWIN]

I emailed the person that did the story and brought to their attention.....haven’t heard back.

This woman is off the rails with her left wing BS.

Imagine a conservative teacher telling their students part of the curriculum would be reading the Bible several times a week......the reaction would be swift I can tell you that.

[NorthMountain]

her work at the intersection of art and social justice

Those are odd names for streets ...

[larrytown]

So, those guidelines were published and we know how this person violated them?

Really?

Rush to judgement is no virtue.

[FoxInSocks]

Florida is an at-will employment state. Anyone can be fired for any reason — except those federally-protected protections due to age, sex, race, etc.