By Marisa B. Perez-Diaz LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The following is a statement released by Texas State Board Education member Marisa B. Perez-Diaz after the Texas State Board of Education voted to approve ethnic studies course for Mexican Americans) Friday,…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat It’s been a month since a proposed textbook for Mexican-American studies courses in Texas spurred widespread controversy over allegations of racism and inaccuracy, and ethnic studies advocates who convened at a 200-person summit in San…
By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Protesters at the University of Northern Colorado argue it shouldn’t matter whether the temporarily suspended Mexican-American studies program only had two students in it. The university stopped accepting applications for the program in…
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista When anything titled a “white paper” comes across my email, I usually ignore it. Why is truth always called “white”? Why not brown, yellow or black? Is it because black is considered negative, i.e.,…
