Monthly Archives: February 2012

Books Are Stored While Tucson’s Mexican-American Studies Is Suspended

February 29, 2012   fugitivescholar   No comments
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Mexican-American Books in Storage

PHOENIX — Supporters of Tucson’s Mexican-American Studies program met outside the state capitol Wednesday to read from books they say have been banned. School district officials say the books have not been banned – just moved to storage facilities.

The state threatened to withhold millions in funding if Tucson’s school district didn’t dismantle or bring its Mexican-American Studies program into compliance. So in January the district boxed up the books the state said had been illegally used to teach students only one ethnic perspective.

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Students, Authors Protest Arizona Law Against Ethnic Studies

February 29, 2012   fugitivescholar   No comments

From: http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=474154&CategoryId=12395

PHOENIX – Activists, students and authors gathered Wednesday outside the Arizona capitol to read aloud from books removed from classrooms when a Mexican-American studies program was shut down in accord with a new state law.

“What we are experiencing is racism. The people who are in control of this kind of racism and discrimination have a lot of fear,” writer Stella Pope Duarte told Efe.

The author of “Let Their Spirits Dance,” a tribute to Hispanic Vietnam veterans, said she was devastated to learn that her book was among those removed from classrooms when the Tucson Unified School District ended its Mexican-American Studies program.

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Banned books to be read aloud tomorrow during National Ethnic Studies Read-In Day « Bulletin Today

February 28, 2012   fugitivescholar   No comments

By: University of St. Thomas News Service

Published on: Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 at 12:01 am

Encouraged by the Arizona Ethnic Studies Network, read-ins are taking place throughout the nation on Wednesday, Feb. 29, to raise awareness about the Tucson Unified School District’s removal of books that had been taught in Mexican American studies classes. These books provide diverse perspectives about U.S. society, examine what it means to be an American, and explain the history and culture of Mexican Americans in particular.

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Who’s afraid of ethnic studies? Support academic freedom with the ACLU-AZ | ACLU of Arizona

February 28, 2012   fugitivescholar   No comments

On May 11, 2011, Governor Brewer signed HB 2281, prohibiting schools from teaching subjects that “advocate ethnic solidarity.” The law threatens important ethnic studies programs and has already been used to dismantle Mexican American Studies (MAS) in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) despite its positive impact on students’ academic achievement. In January 2012, TUSD school officials boxed up MAS textbooks and removed them from classrooms. This egregious censorship of relevant materials based on elected officials’ personal bias is a violation of TUSD students’ right to intellectual freedom and cannot be tolerated.

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Ethnic-studies books challenge preconceptions – USATODAY.com

February 28, 2012   fugitivescholar   No comments
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Original source: Ethnic-studies books challenge preconceptions – USATODAY.com.

Across the nation, schools, libraries and community organizations recently celebrated Love of Reading Week.

For years, the books were taught by teachers in TUSD’s Mexican American Studies Department. No more. While a handful of copies remain available in the district’s school libraries, teaching Mexican-American studies at TUSD was outlawed in January — resulting in a de facto ban of these texts — all because the books’ authors dared to challenge readers’ assumptions about what they think they know when it comes to our country’s history and culture.

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Anna Nieto Gomez & Cihuatl Ce March 1 U of A

February 24, 2012   fugitivescholar   No comments

Anna Nieto Gomez & Cihuatl Ce March 1 U of A
Platica: lunch and dinner
March 1, 2012

Thurs 11am-noon
Cesar Chavez #205
University of Arizona

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Outlawing Solidarity in Tucson « Rethinking Schools Blog

February 23, 2012   fugitivescholar   No comments

by the editors of Rethinking Schools

Rethinking Columbus banned“Banned in Tucson.”

As many Rethinking Schools readers know, in JanuaryTucson school officials ordered our book Rethinking Columbus removed from Mexican American Studies classes, as part of their move to shut down the program. In some instances, school authorities confiscated the books during class—boxed them up and hauled them off. As one student said, “We were in shock. . . . It was very heartbreaking to see that happening in the middle of class.”

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Arizona’s ban on ethnic studies classes – latimes.com

February 21, 2012   fugitivescholar   No comments
By Gregory Rodriguez

It’s more than a little ironic that the same Arizona Legislature that spearheaded a ruthless, racially charged campaign against illegal immigrants also banned K-12 ethnic studies classes on the grounds that they promote hatred and division. Who knew Arizona’s Republican majority, as expert as it is at hyperbole and invective, was so committed to fostering healthy race relations in the Grand Canyon State?

More: Arizona’s ban on ethnic studies classes – latimes.com.

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TUSD board should appeal the dismantling of Mexican American Studies

February 21, 2012   fugitivescholar   No comments

Original opinion appears in: TUSD board should appeal the dismantling of Mexican American Studies.

As University of Arizona faculty, professionals and alumni, we are deeply concerned about the dismantling of Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies program.

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TUSD escalates militarization of its meetings

February 18, 2012   fugitivescholar   No comments

A high school student who addressed the school board this Tues about the TUSD-MAS controversy was reportedly pulled out of his classroom yesterday by security personnell. There is more to the story (and this will be updated soon), but to be sure, him being pulled out of his classroom was a direct result of his participation at the school board meeting. 

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