DIECIOCHO Podcast – Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante on Arizona’s Mexican-American Studies Ban
DIECIOCHO Podcast – Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante on Arizona’s Mexican-American Studies Ban
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The trial to turn back a ban on Mexican-American studies in Arizona schools has entered its second week. This is the latest in a chain of […]
Hundreds protest ‘racist’ Mexican-American studies textbook at Texas education hearing
*Maybe we should thank the Texas Board of Education for angering Texas Latinos. One of the organizers, Tony Diaz, says there hasn’t been this kind of community energy since the […]
The Textbook That Calls Mexicans Lazy
*We have to keep this issue alive and relevant. Share this, talk about it. VL By J. Weston Phippen, The Atlantic (8minute read) For years teachers and activists in Texas had […]
Mexican-American Studies Summit Takes on ‘Racist’ Textbook
*It was only text submitted for approval for Texas Mexican-American studies, written by a one-time leader of the Texas conservative education movement. Mexican-American leaders in Texas call it a racist […]
Mexican-American studies are path to success
*Diaz says Mexican-American studies is not just for Mexican-Americans. Any student wanting to understand U.S. culture should take the courses. The study will expand their understanding of our society. VL […]
9th Circuit Court Hears Case On Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Ban
*Here’s the score: in 2010 the State of Arizona banned ethnic studies. In 2013 a Federal Court struck down one provision of that law. Tuscon ISD schools continue to offer […]
The House on Mango Street Goes to Trial: #MayaVsAZ
*This is important. The legal battle against the Arizona law used to prohibit Mexican-American studies in Tucson will come to a head on January 12, at the Ninth Circuit Court […]
Every Week Is Banned Books Week For Chicanos
*Tony Diaz: “Once you read a banned book, they can never take it away from you.” By Tony Diaz, NewsTaco Every week is banned books week for Chicanos. In Arizona, […]
UT-Austin Creates Major In Mexican American and Latino Studies
*This is good, this is very good. VL By Raul Reyes, NBC News Almost four out of ten Texas residents is Latino, and Hispanics are an integral part of the […]
When This Teacher’s Ethnic Studies Classes Were Banned, His Students Took the District to Court–and Won
*Three words: Así se hace. VL By Jing Fong, Yes Magazine The Mexican American Studies (MAS) program in Tucson, Ariz., began in 1998 as a few courses and grew to […]
