NY School District Teacher Gives Students Homework Calling Mexicans ‘Ugly,’ Americans ‘Pretty’

NY School District Apologizes For Homework Calling Mexicans ‘Ugly,’ Americans ‘Pretty’

A Buffalo-area school district is receiving major backlash after a teacher asked her students to translate sentences from English to Spanish that called Mexicans “ugly,” according NY Post.

Sixth-graders at Mill Middle School in the Williamsville Central district obtained a worksheet in Spanish class that made them translate various sentences.

“You (friendly) are Mexican and ugly,” read one of the sentences, while another read, “You (politely) are pretty and American,” the outlet reported. District parent Allison Wainick said she was shocked by the assignment’s “blatant racism.”

“Can we even begin to unpack all that is wrong here? Who is developing this curriculum & where is the oversight?” she said on Twitter.

“I believe there is no place for it in school or our children’s lives,” said Florencio, a native of Latin America whose kids are multi-ethnic.

“I, personally, don’t feel this Spanish teacher — or anyone who approves of this kind of curriculum content — has any place in WCSD or elsewhere,” Florencio said, adding that the homework showed a “blatant lack of ethnic sensitivity and bias.”

Wainick also shared a photo of the homework on the private Facebook page of the Williamsville Parent Education Connection and asked, “Is this a typical Spanish homework assignment in WCSD these days?”

“I am absolutely disgusted that this was handed out and I am so sorry for any student who received it,” said one parent.

The district reacted to the uproar on its official Facebook page. “This assignment created by the teacher and provided to students was unacceptable,” it said.

“We are addressing the situation to ensure this does not happen again. The District does not condone any instructional material that denigrates our students, families, culture, or beliefs,” the statement said.