Teacher Accused Of Making Slur Against Mexicans

Teacher Accused Of Making Slur Against Mexicans

Kristyn Hartman
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(CBS) CHICAGO Angry parents want a teacher at a Latino charter school in the Albany Park neighborhood fired after she made derogatory comments against people from Mexico.

As CBS 2’s Kristyn Hartman reports, the incident began when a seventh-grade art teacher at Aspira Haugen Charter Middle School, at 3729 W. Leland Ave., thought students had gotten paint on her jacket. That is when the teacher allegedly said “all Mexicans are criminals” and that they were “only born to clean floors.”

Some pupils at the school became extremely upset.

“It surprised me because I’ve never seen a teacher talk to us Mexicans that way,” said student Orimar Ramirez. “She said we were trash and all we were good for is to clean up floors.”

Orimar says the remarks caused him and others to cry.

“I was offended,” he said.

Ramirez and his friends were not the only ones who took offense. School principal Jose Velazquez said about two dozen parents complained when they heard the alleged remarks.

“It’s disturbing even if there’s suspicion of it happening,” Velazquez said. “It’s totally unpleasant, but sometimes we have to deal with it, sometimes there’s misunderstanding; we’re just going to have to find out what it was that happened.”

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I wonder if a Mex teacher had said, "Gringos stole our land and all Gringos are evil," if there would even be a story let alone a storm of protest.

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