Parents Allege Racism Over Upstate NY Homework Assignment

A school district in upstate New York is getting heavy criticism online.

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The incident happened at Mill Middle School near Buffalo, New York.

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Sixth-grade students were asked to translate sentences from English to Spanish.

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One sentence read “You (friendly) are Mexican and ugly.”

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Another sentence read “You (politely) are pretty and American.”

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One parent shared an image of the offensive homework assignment to Twitter.

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“Can we even begin to unpack all that is wrong here?” they asked.

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The Williamsville Central School District posted an apology to their Facebook page.

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They did not say what disciplinary action the teacher would face.

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