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Catholic diocese sorry after punishing girl for speaking native languange [View all]
The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay has apologized after punishing a 12-year-old girl for speaking her Native American language at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Shawano, Wisconsin.
Miranda Washinawatok explained to WGBA that she wasn’t allowed to play in one basketball game after she spoke in her native Menominee language to two students in her 7th grade class.
“It means I love you,” Washinawatok said, recalling that her teacher, Julie Gurta, reacted with anger.
“She sort of threw her hands down on her desk and said don’t be talking like that. How would you like it if I started talking Polish?”
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Message to Miranda you keep speaking your native language. Even in front of Julie who I doubt could reply back in one word of Polish.
(From GD)
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