Former Houston ISD Teacher Who Called Muslims "the Evil of the World" Sues Quanell X for Defamation

So, former HISD elementary school teacher Angela Box spouted a lot of inflammatory s*** during her appearances on the local right-wing cable-access show "Tommy's Garage." An apparent devotee of the Ted Nugent school of public discourse, Box saved some of her ugliest comments for -- you guessed it -- Muslims, with lines like, "Every normal human being in the world thinks that goat-f***ing Muslims and boy-f***ing Muslims are the evil of the world."

But it's what Box didn't say that's landed community activist Quanell X in trouble. It was Quanell who in November called a press conference outside Ray Daily Elementary, where Box taught third grade, to out Box as a racist and a bigot. But in his press release announcing the event, Quanell alleged that Box called President Barack Obama "a f***ing n****r and black people dumb a** for voting for him."

Just one problem: Box never said that. Quanell later admitted his "publicist made a mistake," but the damage was done. (It probably didn't help that Quanell, instead of apologizing, gave Box the bizarre offer of $1,000 to debate him face-to-face.) Quanell's press release and news conference had succeeded in focusing attention on Box's many appearances on Tommy's Garage, putting her xenophobic comments on full display. Box ultimately resigned from her teaching job at HISD last month.

On Thursday Box sued Quanell X for defamation in a Harris County court, also listing as defendants the New Black Panther Nation, the New Black Muslim Movement, and two people described as trustees of the New Black Muslim Movement. Box's lawsuit claims the "malicious and defamatory statements and the press conference at Plaintiff's school - in front of her third grade students - created a hostile work environment and left Plaintiff no choice but to end her employment as a teacher." In her lawsuit, Box laments that she "will likely never be able to find employment as an educator again."

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[font color=green]I certainly hope that Box doesn't find employment as an educator again.[font]