A California high school is apologizing for the"poor judgement" that led to its world language teachers posing inThe Spanish teachers at San Pasqual High School in Escondido, California, wore ponchos, sombreros and fake mustaches while the school's French teacher was pictured in a black beret, sunglasses and pearls.
The photos were originally taken for staff photo IDs at the start of the year, but were seen publicly on Monday after the yearbook was released to the school's senior students.on Tuesday. The next day, Principal Martin Casas addressed the uproar in a letter to the school's students, families and staff.
"While it is our belief that our World Language meant no ill - will towards anyone. We cannot ignore it. Cultural appropriation is offensive, whether it was intentional or not," he said."We owe an apology to our Latinx and Chicano community, a community that I am part of. It is unacceptable and has no place in our school."
The reaction to the photos was mixed, with some parents suggesting the school is being too sensitive.She added that her son's teacher is"very good" and"strict with them, because she wanted them to learn Spanish.""It could be because it’s not just for Mexican people, it’s for all the Latino people who speak Spanish and they could feel like they’re trying to make fun of us," he told the affiliate.
TODAYshow Everyone needs to stop getting so butt hurt over everything. If a teacher could do something to make students pay attention. I applaud them.
TODAYshow I am half Latino and married to a Latino and this is not offensive. I bet you it’s the full-white leftist that are offended, and to that, I am grateful.
TODAYshow Some bright minds running that school
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TODAYshow Bunch of ignorants. They should be fired from their jobs
LeslieMarshall TODAYshow And don't they dare say political correctness gone amuck This os just plan stupid😠
TODAYshow I think the worst crime here is the Yearbook Committee not realizing that Señor/Señora and Madàme require diacritics.
TODAYshow I’m French-Canadian, and I’m not offended!
TODAYshow There are other countries that speak Spanish besides Mexico....
TODAYshow Come on people, no big deal having a grin about what they teach. PC gone crazy.
TODAYshow Those teachers need to be fired.
TODAYshow Latino/a/os/as. Not latinx. Stop with that bullshit. The noun is already conjugated to be gender neutral. Learn some basic Romance language conjugations. 😤
TODAYshow This is news? Must be a slow news day.
TODAYshow Today in the world of butt hurt
TODAYshow They're dressed up as Mexicans. What part of that is a problem? You people are mental.
TODAYshow Nope, not offended at all. Try again. The only ones offended are those who don't even have a speck of those ethnicities in them.
TODAYshow Why? Nobody actually cares.
TODAYshow Too many Spanish teachers. Add some other languages
TODAYshow Is the French stereotype offensive as well or only the Mexican?
TODAYshow I guess if they dressed like this it wouldn't have been a problem to.....🙄
TODAYshow Lol everyone is a p!$ now a days yeesh.
TODAYshow Geeez..looks like just having fun . ..negative opinion on any and everything we do these days...
TODAYshow People are overly sensitive these days... It's sad. Participation trophy parents, this is what you're raising! Whiners and complainers. 😏
TODAYshow This is the kind of people we have teaching our children?
TODAYshow What's wrong w it?!
TODAYshow OMG...we’ve lost our sense of humor.
TODAYshow ARE WE DELETING HUMOUR FROM THE DICTIONARY NOW WHAT A FARCE AND EVEN WORSE REPORTING THIS GARBAGE AND SENSITIZING IT FOR PROFIT. BRING ON THE AI IT CAN,T DO WORSE
TODAYshow Never once have I ever seen a Mexicoian wearing a sombrero or have that full of a mustache.
TODAYshow Stop, what baby is offended here? Grow Up
TODAYshow Yes... language teachers expressing the culture of the languages they are teaching. So inappropriate. I dont have a hard enough eye roll emoji for you people.
TODAYshow Why are sombreros and ponchos offensive but the French one isn’t? That’s right, nobody cares if white cultures are appropriated🙄
TODAYshow Not national news really.
TODAYshow Not even remotely offensive to any reasonable person.
TODAYshow I’m liberal and this isn’t poor judgement. They’re just funny pictures.
TODAYshow One would think that they would have known better. What are we teaching our students today. Nothing positive
TODAYshow Horrifying!!!
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