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Lubbock ISD teaching assistant resigns after racist Facebook post

Amy Davidson, a physical education teaching assistant for Preston Smith Elementary School, told another woman to "go back to Mexico" and "get a job" in a heated Facebook debate.

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The Preston Smith Elementary School in Lubbock.
Credit: Lubbock Independent School District

A Lubbock Independent School District employee, Amy Davidson, resigned this week after school officials learned she had told another woman to "go back to Mexico" and "get a job" in a Facebook argument. (Dallas Morning News)

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