A mother and activist who criticized a "social justice coordinator" was able to overcome a defamation lawsuit by a former English teacher.

Mary MacCudden accused Scarlett Johnson of harming her reputation when Johnson wrote critical messages in Oct. 2022 about MacCudden's job at the Mequon-Thiensville School District in Wisconsin.

'I felt I had to fight back in this case. ... I had to stand up because this would never stop.'

"Why the hell am I paying for a ‘Social Justice Coordinator’ in my school district?" Johnson wrote with a screenshot of MacCudden's LinkedIn profile. "This is just what @mtschools needs; more woke, White women w/ a god complex. Thank you, White savior."

Johnson went on to describe diversity, equity, and inclusion practitioners as "woke lunatics" who "bully" paren

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