it did not define me. it didn t change who i was. the principal at an alternative school in georgia is facing criticism after she made a racially charged mark at the school s graduation ceremony. tnt academy principal nancy gord gorduke became upset after some people began leaving early. that speech was not put in the program, so people started talking and leaving. she has caused outrage with her comments. she told nbc news her side of the story earlier today. my side is i m not a racist. i didn t know black people was a racist term. i didn t say the n word or anything like that, because that s not in my vocabulary. what happened was at graduation the valedictorian was introduced to give his speech and a man, who just happened to be black, came up in front of us, in front of the podium and was going back and forth doing selfies with the kids and interrupting the valedictorian. therefore disrespect to that student, and when i called security in i asked the man to ple