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Demovictory9

(32,464 posts)
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 08:04 PM Sep 2018

woman's text to husband about new nanny: 'NOOOOOOOOOOO ANOTHER BLACK PERSON'

The wife of a wealthy British banker who lives in Manhattan is being sued by her African-American nanny after sending her a racist text and then firing her through sheer embarrassment.

Mother-of-two, Lynsey Plasco-Flaxman, allegedly sent a message to her spouse, Joel Plasco, upon realizing the woman was black.

'NOOOOOOOOOOO ANOTHER BLACK PERSON,' the text is alleged to have read, according to the lawsuit.

But instead of reaching her husband, the text was instead sent to her new nanny, Giselle Maurice. who had just started working for her family on first day the job.

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In an email to DailyMail.com, Plasco revealed that he had not yet been served with any claim of any kind.

'As you’d expect me to say, there are two sides to every story,' he said.

'My wife had sent her something that she didn't mean to say. She's not a racist. We're not racist people,' Joel Plasco, co-chairman of the Dalmore Group investment bank, told The Post.

'But would you put your children in the hands of someone you've been rude to, even if it was by mistake? Your newborn baby? Come on!'

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woman's text to husband about new nanny: 'NOOOOOOOOOOO ANOTHER BLACK PERSON' (Original Post) Demovictory9 Sep 2018 OP
Seems like a case where 'context' would be important ... mr_lebowski Sep 2018 #1
lol, yeah. Demovictory9 Sep 2018 #2
Racist POS...they don't want black people looking after their children HipChick Sep 2018 #3
Come on now, for all we know, their last nanny was a 'black person' ... mr_lebowski Sep 2018 #6
How in the world did the text "reach" the nanny instead of her husband? Merlot Sep 2018 #4
There used to be a time when black nannies Solomon Sep 2018 #5
Upper class British privileged.. HipChick Sep 2018 #7
Hope she wins the lawsuit...nt 2naSalit Sep 2018 #8
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. Seems like a case where 'context' would be important ...
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 08:15 PM
Sep 2018

For example, if this text was sent moments after the slaying of Tamir Rice was publicized ...

Just sayin' ... it's quite possible there is in fact 'another side to the story' ... but then again, maybe not.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
3. Racist POS...they don't want black people looking after their children
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 08:17 PM
Sep 2018

but aren't allowed to say that in the ad..racist wankers

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
6. Come on now, for all we know, their last nanny was a 'black person' ...
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 08:43 PM
Sep 2018

And maybe a highly treasured dining utensil had up and gone missin', coinciding with her being in the home?

Say it was a Sterling Silver Dinner Fork, or the like?

I mean, who could really blame 'em on accounta bein' skittish then?

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
4. How in the world did the text "reach" the nanny instead of her husband?
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 08:32 PM
Sep 2018

She would have to have had the nannys phone number in her phone, yet this sounds like she was suprised, like maybe an agency sent the nanny and she expected a white person?

This one is a head scratcher.

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