Florida School Teacher Busted for Secretly Running a White Nationalist Podcast

The educator reportedly bragged about injecting her bigoted views into her classroom.

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A Florida public school teacher has been exposed as the host of a white nationalist podcast called “Unapologetic,” where she reportedly bragged about spreading her bigoted ideology to her students.

According to HuffPost, 25-year-old social studies teacher Dayanna Volitich attempted to hide her identity by using the pseudonym “Tiana Dalichov” on her podcast and blog. The woman, who teaches at Crystal River Middle School in Florida, would use the online platforms to promote infuriating BS, including anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Islamophobia, misogyny, and the idea that blacks were intellectually inferior to whites.

HuffPost pointed to a Feb 26 podcast in which Volitich conducted an interview with the host of Red Ice TV, a far-right media outlet that has been designated as a hate group. During the conversation, Volitich criticized the idea that “a kid from Nigeria and a kid who came from Sweden are supposed to learn exactly the same” and have the “same IQ.” She later boasted about injecting her white supremacist beliefs into the classroom, as well as her ability to hide her ideology from the administration. Volitich admitted that some parents had contacted the school’s principal to complain about her bias teaching; however, she claimed to have gotten away with it by simply denying the allegations. 

“[The principal] believed me and backed off,” she said during the episode.

Citrus County School District confirmed to HuffPost that Volitich began teaching in the predominately white district in August of 2016. Shortly after the publication contacted the school district, Volitich went to her fake Twitter account to announce she “might disappear for a while.” Her podcast and social media accounts under “Dalichov” have since been deleted.

An official for Citrus County School District said they were looking into the situation.

“She does not speak on behalf of the Citrus County School District,” said Scott Hebert, executive director of educational services for the Citrus County School District. “The views she’s listed [online] are really not in line with how our district operates.”

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