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Judi Lynn

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Wed Mar 5, 2014, 11:04 PM Mar 2014

Mexico authorities investigate teacher for allegedly discriminating indigenous children

Mexico authorities investigate teacher for allegedly discriminating indigenous children
By The Associated Press March 5, 2014 9:22 PM

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico - A Mexican school official says authorities in southern Chiapas state are investigating a rural teacher for allegedly abusing and humiliating her indigenous students by using racist terms and degrading punishments.

Elementary schools supervisor Raul Catillejos says authorities opened an investigation after at least a dozen parents filed complaints against the teacher at the Angel Albino Corzo primary school in the predominantly Maya town of Tila.

Castillejos said Wednesday that the parents allege the teacher calls their children "Indians," which is an offensive term in Mexico, and forces them to eat sitting on the ground as punishment.

The National Human Rights Commission says it has also is investigating to determine if the children's rights were violated.

Indigenous people in Mexico have suffered persistent racial discrimination since the Spanish conquest.

http://www.canada.com/life/Mexico+authorities+investigate+teacher+allegedly+discriminating/9583889/story.html

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