‘Equity’ Policy Results in Firing of 2 Veteran Educators for Refusing to Do ‘Wakanda Salute’
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Two veteran educators from the Bronx were fired recently for the simple act of refusing to do the “Wakanda salute,” a gesture from the popular superhero movie “Black Panther.”
The gesture of Marvel Comics’ fictional African nation of Wakanda has been co-opted as a symbol of black power, like the raised fist iconography used extensively beginning in the 1960s by the militant Black Panthers.
Both fired teachers had nearly 30 years of service.
One, Rafaela Espinal, said she felt uncomfortable doing the Wakanda salute, and that afterward she was targeted by her colleagues. In a lawsuit filed against the New York City Department of Education, Espinal alleged that she “was admonished and told that it was inappropriate for her not to participate.”
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