Word: menchu
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...Menchu was the United Nations' goodwill ambassador in 1993. In that job, Menchu said she observed how political institutions around the world treat indigenous people with "much paternalism...
...Indigenous people have yet to receive the respect of humanity," Menchu said...
...Menchu likened the indignities suffered by indigenous people to those faced by women, who "have yet to attain the understanding of the world's inhabitants...
...Menchu said education, activism and diplomatic channels must be used to end prejudice, ethnic conflicts, and poverty among indigenous people...
...Education is not merely pursuing a degree," said Menchu, author of the bestselling 1985 autobiography I, Rigoberta Menchu...