I see that Rigoberta Menchu is in the news again. I wonder if her allegations of racism are more truthful than her autobiography is. It was an assigned reading for one of my college courses, and shortly afterwords (unfortunately just as the semester ended), I found a New York Times article and a Boundless article that references it. You can find the Boundless article here, but the New York Times one is older than its archives system allows you to get at for free. Basically, the Times exposes her autobiography as being almost entirely fraudulent. She did have a good education, her brothers were not killed by either poverty or government troops (she states that one died of malnutrition and one was buried alive), her family was not intimidated and oppressed by wealthy land owners. She made it all up, and got a Nobel Peace Prize for it. If I were the judge or on the jury in her current case, I would have significant concerns about her credibility. Would you?
