Professor Gersán Joseph Garzón, from the National Commission Against Discrimination, elucidated this Monday about discrimination against students in some schools and the handling of the pandemic in the country.
He considered that Panama is spoken of as a melting pot, a country where until recently racism and discrimination were denied, but the proof is that it has existed for many years.
He affirmed that “the pandemic has starved the makeup situation in our society in relation to inequality, and the situation that has impacted those who have borne this crisis, which is the Panamanian people.”
He added that errors have been seen in the administration of this pandemic, particularly the poor distribution of food, especially in the most vulnerable population.
Regarding the acts of racism that have arisen in various educational establishments in the country, such as the issue of Afro-style hair, he argued that this is a stigmatization, since each one is born with what they have.
“This is recurrent because apparently there aren’t any, and I think that the Ministry of Education doesn’t have a treatment section. In the XXI century it is not sympathetic that there is this type of ignorance in the board of directors of schools where there is a diversity of young people ”, he explained.
