Official fired after refusing to call Black postgraduate ‘Doctor’ on Zoom despite her correcting...

A city council in North Carolina fired a white official who refused to use the honorific “doctor” for a Black woman even after she corrected him several times during a zoning commission meeting last week.

On Tuesday night, the Greensboro City Council decided to let go one of its Zoning Commission members, Tony Collins, for being “disrespectful” toward the Black resident, Dr Carrie Rosario.

The meeting, which was televised live a day before, saw some heated exchanges between Mr Collins and Dr Rosario after he refused to use her honorific when addressing her.