China: Mother claims her son lost skin colour after being slapped in school
Young boy
A woman in Chinasays that her son developed vitiligo after his teacher slapped him in the classroom for not doing his homework. It is an autoimmune condition in which the skin loses pigment in patches.
The woman, surnamed Huang, noticed that her son, Liu's face had swollen up badly. So she took the 11-year-old to the hospital. The boy told his mother that a teacher had slapped him in front of the whole class.
Detailing the incident, the boy said the teacher wanted to punish him for not doing his homework. So he was brought to the front of the class where the teacher slapped the right side of his face three times and the left once.
His face started to lose colour three months later. What exactly causes vitiligo is not clear, but experts say that environmental stress factors can contribute to its beginning.
A police investigation was initiated into the matter and the school says they are waiting for its results, as well as a forensic injury assessment to determine what action should be taken against the teacher. Chinese media outlet Benliu News quoted a staff member as saying that the boy had been diagnosed with vitiligo.
Meanwhile, the mother is waiting for either the school or the teacher to reimburse the medical expenses incurred to treat her son. She says she has not been able to get in touch with either the teacher or the school regarding the same.
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Notably, China’s law bans teachers from inflicting corporal punishments on the students. Social media users were enraged to know that a child was hit at school.
This is not the first incident of a student being hit in China. In 2023, a nine-year-old girl underwent an operation for a cracked skull bone after a teacher hit her with a triangular ruler.
Vitiligo causessocial anxiety
People suffering from vitiligo often face social discrimination as some people believe that the condition can be transmitted through physical contact. Social anxiety is a major fallout leading people to withdrawfrom day-to-day situations.
