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(CNN Spanish) --
Authorities from the central school district of Williamsville, located on the outskirts of the city of Buffalo in upstate New York, issued a statement this week condemning any material that denigrates its students, their families and their culture.
Sixth graders at Mill Middle School received an assignment for their Spanish class in which they had to translate sentences into English.
One of the sentences that the students had to translate said: “You are Mexican and ugly” which translates as “you are Mexican and ugly”.
While another sentence within the same task said: “You are pretty and American” or “you are pretty and American” in Spanish.
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Allison Wainick, a parent in the school district who identifies on her profile as Latina, posted a photo of the assignment on her social media, calling it racist.
Shocked at this Spanish homework assignment in @WCSD_K12 loaded with such blatant racism.
Can we even begin to unpack all that is wrong here?
Who is developing this curriculum & where is the oversight?
@Latinos4Ed pic.twitter.com/iULWaG8aaP
— Allison Wainick (@AJ_WFlo) January 11, 2022
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Several parents expressed their discontent in messages posted on the school district's social media profiles.
“As a Latina whose children attend Mill and Williamsville I am in complete shock,” one mother wrote.
“This is completely unacceptable,” posted another Hispanic mother, adding that “there must be serious consequences, an apology from the district is not enough, this is not something that children can forget.”
The school district explained in the statement that the homework was developed by the classroom teacher.
For the school authorities, the assignment is "unacceptable" and they claim to be taking corresponding measures.
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