ethnic studies
Ethnic studies ban racist?
Tom Horne, Arizona superintendent of public instruction, and sociologist Michael Eric Dyson debate racism.
"El Librotraficante" Tony Diaz Defies Ethnic Studies Book Ban With Caravan to Arizona
democracynow.org - Self-described book smuggler Tony Diaz, nicknamed "El Librotraficante", is set to launch a small caravan to bring carloads of controversial books into Arizona that were recently banned by public school officials in Tucson after the city suspended its acclaimed Mexican-American Studies program due to a state ban on the teaching of ethnic studies. "When Arizona tried to erase our history, we decided to make more," Diaz says. "We've unleashed this informal network that's galvanized into a national movement... People are forming groups to read the books that have been confiscated. They have actually brought so much attention to our community that I think right now we really are on the verge of a Latino Renaissance." Towatch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for additional Democracy Now! reports about the book ban, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org
Ethnic Studies
GET UP STAND UP! DONT GIVE UP THE FIGHT! SAVE ETHNIC, WOMEN AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES! WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29TH On Strike! Ethnic Studies: 1969-1999.Screening @ 7:00 PM @ SSH 100 Come learn about the history of UC Students' fight to bring Ethnic Studies classes to our universities and how we can continue that fight today! WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND? CUTS TO YOUR MAJOR GOT YOU DOWN? ADMIN SUPPRESSING YOUR VOICE? ACTIVISM BEING SUPPRESSED! SPEAK OUT! FIGHT BACK! RADICAL RUSH WEEK! FEB 27TH - MAR 1ST
Arizona Ethnic Studies
CSUN students from the Chicano/a Studies and Asian American Studies Department traveled to Tucson, Arizona and the Nogales Border to show solidarity to the Save Ethnic Studies Program. CSUN students were exposed to the struggles, injustices, and discriminatory measures of HB 2281. HB 2281passed legislation that bans the curriculum of Mexican American Studies in the Tucson Unified School District. This was the third trip for CSUN students and professors. Tucson high school students effected by the ban of Ethnic Studies discussed with CSUN students the issues and impact of eliminating "Raza Studies" in Tucson, inspite of the academic success of the program. Chicano/a Studies Professor and author of the banned book in Arizona, Occupied America, Rudy Acuña gave incite as to why students come to support the Tucson community.
Reaction to Tucson's Ethnic Studies Ban
In 2012, Tucson banned its Mexican-American Studies program in compliance with a statewide ban on Ethnic Studies programs. My reaction to the ban is chronicled here in a pseudo-animated piece I made as a student in Hamline University's Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program for a class called Public Intellectual Practicum.
Arizona's attack on Ethnic Studies in Tucson
Submitted to First Friday at the Loft Cinema, October 2011.
Arizona Ethnic Studies Ban
A bill that aims to ban ethnic studies in Arizona schools was signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, cheering critics who called such classes divisive and alarming others who said it's yet another law targeting Latinos in the state.
Tucson School District Ethnic Studies
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal discusses his final ruling that the Tucson Unified School District's Mexican American Studies Program violates state law.
UNIDOS Art Festival- Save Ethnic Studies
a Tucson Grassroots Campaigns video tiny.cc Description from UNIDOS: 'While the institution continues to fail us, the community continues to rise. Ethnic Studies is abolished inside the gates of our schools but not the streets of our community. Education is ours, from the roots our knowledge will continue to grow with autonomous education. UNIDOS presents: School of Ethnic Studies, the first steps to reclaiming our education. Come join students, artist & supporters for a night of music, art & education!' unidostucson.wordpress.com
Tucson Orders Closure of Mexican-American School Program as Ethnic Studies Faces Nationwide Threat
DemocracyNow.org - An Arizona administrator has ruled that the public school district in Tucson must end its acclaimed Mexican-American studies program for grades K-12, saying it violates a new state law that bans the teaching of any class designed for a particular ethnic group or that "promote[s] resentment toward a race or class of people." But the program's supporters say the classes push the district's largely Latino student body to excel academically while teaching them long-neglected perspectives. Democracy Now! speaks to Tucson Mexican-American history teacher Lorenzo Lopez and his daughter, Korina, a high school sophomore. Both are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit to stop the ban from taking effect. Also interviewed is Dr. Rodolfo Acuña, author of "Occupied America: A History of Chicanos," considered the definitive introduction to Chicano history in the United States. Dr. Acuña warns copycat laws are likely to follow in other states as part of a growing campaign against ethnic studies programs, in particular Chicano studies, throughout the country. Towatch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for the complete Democracy Now! news archive, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by ...
Tucson Ethnic Studies Teachers comment after documentary screening
March 2, 2012. Columbia Teachers College, NYC. Teachers social justice tour (Dominican Republic/Haiti) : www.friendsbeyondborders.net
Anger Over Ethnic Studies Ban Continues
Thanks to a segment on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the anger over the ban on ethnic studies in Arizona has reignited all over again. Also feeling the fire is the recent consideration to extend the ban to the university/college level.
Tucson Unified School District Ethnic Studies
Mark Stegeman, President of the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board, and Raul Aguirre, Chairman of the Mexican American Studies Community Advisory Board, discuss the decision by the district to suspend its Mexican American Studies program.
Occupy Tucson joins fight to save Ethnic Studies
Video from inside and outside the TUSD board room on January 3rd, including debate over new board president and clerk, and the reaction outside.
Fight for Ethnic Studies- TUSD Board Meeting May 3
This is a short collection of video images from Tuesday night at the TUSD Board meeting. There's a dynamic history of context about the ethnic studies fight I wish I could share now, but it's the crack a dawn so i'll have to save a more robust edit of this struggle later. However, after last night, I was compelled to release more than just a short clip like last weeks brave actions by UNIDOS. What happened at the board meeting last night was unforgettable. A moment that is uniting all walks of life in Tucson who are willing to literally sacrifice their own bodies for the cause. It's awe inspiring. It's also disheartening that cruel stubbornness of a few board members has given way to political capitulation reinforced by brutal police force. Egypt this is not, but for a moment it seemed that way. I'm sure many who were present there are now coming to terms with a new movement in Tucson that is rapidly evolving into more numbers and people of all types. There will be many detractors and many lies perpetuated by those who can not understand or just too rigid to believe in real change that comes from people organizing from the below. So I offer this one piece of testimonial- despite the unsettling images of police brutality and excessive force, I never lost faith in those people who withstood the abuse and stood firm in both love and resolve. They will not be moved and they will not give up their right to a real education. For those on the outside, get to know this struggle ...
FIGHT BACK- the battle to save ethnic studies
The community of youth, students, teachers, parents, and adult allies have been coming out in mass and supporting ethnic studies in Tucson at the TUSD board meetings. There have been two meetings with proposed votes that would bring an end to the current Mexican American Studies program, but the people have resisted. The struggle continues and events from those meetings are documented in this short by JM Aragón.
Mexican Americans- Ethnic Studies
This is a Spanish II project I had. I'm a procrastinator so it kinda came together on it's own. It starts off pretty general and then gets to the political issue of the bill SB 1070 and more specifically the bill HB 2281. I loved creating this video and learning about the issue. It hurts to find so much racism when looking up "Mexican American" in a general search engine. For more information on the issue visit: saveethnicstudies.org
Tucson School District Releases List of Banned Ethnic Studies Books, Includes Shakespeare
www.democracynow.org - In news from Arizona, Tucson school district officials have released an initial list of books to be banned from the school system following last weeks' vote to suspend the district's acclaimed Mexican American Studies program due to a state ban on the teaching of ethnic studies. The banned books include: "Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years" edited by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson; Shakespeare's play "The Tempest"; "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" by Paolo Freire; "Occupied America: A History of Chicanos" by Rodolfo Acuña; and "Chicano!: The History of the Mexican Civil Rights Movement" by F. Arturo Rosales. Salon.com reported teachers have also been informed to stay away from any books where "race, ethnicity and oppression are central themes." Towatch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for the additional information about Democracy Now!, visit www.democracynow.org. FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org
Prof. Robert Jensen Discusses the Importance of Ethnic Studies to White Americans
From the Banned Books Read-In at UT Austin in support of the TUSD Ethnic Studies program. February 29, 2012
Tom Horne - Richard Martinez -- Ethnic Studies debate Part 1/5
Tom Horne - Richard Martinez Ethnic Studies debate 1
MAS students speak out about their classes and books being banned in Tucson
What do the MAS students think about their classes and teachers, and what have they been through in the aftermath of Pedicone's TUSD banning not only their classes, but their books as well?
Occupy Phoenix Ethnic Studies Teach In 1-1-12
This is my teach in on the Arizona ban on Ethnic studies classes in public schools. There was a lot of discussion, some of which I cut out because it got way off topic, and some of which the camera mic didn't pick up very well. You can find a shorter version with my slideshow from my Arizona State University lecture at www.newbookforanewworld.org under Videos, then scroll down a ways, or scroll down my You Tube page if you're watching it there.
Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies in public school!
What is going on here in Arizona? Our legislators are ruining this state!
Arizona bill targets ethnic studies
A new law banning ethnic studies programmes has gone into effect in the southwestern US state of Arizona. The state's Latino community claim the law targets them and say similar programmes in African American, Asian and Native American studies are not affected. The law comes months after Arizona passed a controversial immigration enforcement law. Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras reports from From Tucson, Arizona.
Arizona's Ethnic Studies Ban
This a video a made for a project at school its about the new Immigration policies there trying to make.
TUSD ETHNIC STUDIES
TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - Supporters of the TUSD ethnic studies program took over the district's meeting room before the board meeting Tuesday night. Protestors chained themselves together and were unable to be removed by security. The start of the 6 pm meeting was delayed. The proposal before the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board would keep Mexican American Studies courses as high school level electives, but they could no longer be used to meet core state graduation requirements for social studies. Instead, the material would be included in the broader history classes that all students must take. New state superintendent John Huppenthal, who ran on a platform of eliminating the program, is now evaluating Mexican American Studies. The resolution is being proposed by TUSD Board President Mark Stegeman, who is trying to get out ahead of state sanctions. The state board of education is investigating ethnic studies and most believe will issue a report in June . The report may make changes in the program or could propose to eliminate it altogether.
TUSD board kills Mexican American Studies
The Tucson Unified school board, leaders of a Tucson's largest school district which is 61% Latino, voted to cave in to the racist state law to ban Ethnic Studies on January 10th, 2012. The community was not pleased...
John Huppenthal's contradiction - violation of local control with HIS ban of Ethnic Studies
Arizona state superintendent John Huppenthal claims to be the biggest advocate of local control, from local school districts and school boards choosing their own curriculum and textbooks... but then contradicts himself on the biggest violation of local control; using his power as state superintendent to ban Tucson from teaching Mexican American Studies.
Independent Lens | Precious Knowledge | Clip 1 | PBS
www.pbs.org Premiering May 17, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org In 1997, community activism led the Tucson city council to set up a study committee to look at ways of boosting Latino student achievement and reducing dropout rates. Based on its findings, the school board unanimously voted to create what would become the Mexican American Studies Program. About the Film When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in Tucson comes under fire for teaching ethnic chauvinism, teachers and students fight back. This modern civil rights struggle is born at the epicenter of the immigration debate in the age of identity politics. Learn more about "Independent Lens": www.pbs.org Watch "Independent Lens" films online: video.pbs.org
Six Seniors in Ethnic Studies at Tucson High
Students reflect on the Ethnics Studies classes offered at Tucson High Magnet Shool in Tucson Unified School District.
Independent Lens | Precious Knowledge | Video Extra 1 | PBS
www.pbs.org Premiering May 17, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org Tucson ethnic studies student, Mariah Harvey, describes how Mexican American Studies classes at Tucson High School enriched both her understanding of racial difference in her community as well as her own sense of self-identity as a biracial LGBT teen in this companion video the Independent Lens documentary, Precious Knowledge. About the Film When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in Tucson comes under fire for teaching ethnic chauvinism, teachers and students fight back. This modern civil rights struggle is born at the epicenter of the immigration debate in the age of identity politics. Learn more about "Independent Lens": www.pbs.org Watch "Independent Lens" films online: video.pbs.org
Celebrating 40 Years of Ethnic Studies at UCLA
2009-10 marks the 40th anniversary of Ethnic Studies at UCLA. Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, UCLA vice chancellor for Graduate Studies, talks about the impact that centers have had both on and off campus. Learn more about the 40th anniversary at ethnicstudies40th.ucla.edu
Ethnic studies banned in Arizona schools
In October, Thelma Gutierrez reported on a controversial ban of ethnic studies courses in Arizona public schools.
MCSC hosts Arizona educators decrying new ethnic studies law
Maria Federico Brummer and Sally Rusk, teachers within the Mexican-American Studies and Social Justice Education programs in the Tucson Unified School District in Arizona, spoke on behalf of their program in an effort to raise awareness about their resistance to Arizona House Bill 2281, and to discuss the impact ethnic studies programs have on students across the nation. Filmed December 2, 2010 by Donovan Tolledo of the Badger Herald.
Independent Lens | Precious Knowledge | Video Extra 1 | PBS
www.pbs.org Premiering May 17, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org Tucson ethnic studies student, Mariah Harvey, describes how Mexican American Studies classes at Tucson High School enriched both her understanding of racial difference in her community as well as her own sense of self-identity as a biracial LGBT teen in this companion video the Independent Lens documentary, Precious Knowledge. About the Film When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in Tucson comes under fire for teaching ethnic chauvinism, teachers and students fight back. This modern civil rights struggle is born at the epicenter of the immigration debate in the age of identity politics. Learn more about "Independent Lens": www.pbs.org Watch "Independent Lens" films online: video.pbs.org
Tufts Asian American Studies Teach-In 3/11/2012
WHAT IS ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES? "An interdisciplinary field that examines Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, their history, communities, and contemporary issues. It studies the experiences of immigrants and succeeding generations within the changing context of US society, politics and culture and illuminates our understanding of race relations, gender roles, labor, policy-making, and citizenship." -UCLA Asian American Studies www.asianam.ucla.edu Currently, faculty and student working groups on the umbrella program on comparative race/ethnic studies are drafting on a curriculum proposal that includes an Asian American Studies minor. This has been the fruit of a long struggle for an ethnic studies program at Tufts, beginning with the Africana Studies movement that started 40 years ago as well as with the push for Asian American Studies that began in the early 1990s. There is no Asian American studies program at Tufts, although such a program exists at other comparable top universities in the US. Tufts Asian American Alliance and Pan-African Alliance are holding an ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES TEACH-IN aiming to educate ourselves and the attendees on: -What is Asian American Studies? -What is this history of the struggle for Asian American Studies at Tufts? -Why is this relevant to us? -What does an Asian American Studies curriculum look like? -Where do we go from here? Organized by Tufts Asian American Alliance Contact Info: tuftsasianamericanalliance@gmail.com Public Prezi ...
Independent Lens | Precious Knowledge | Clip 1 | PBS
www.pbs.org Premiering May 17, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org In 1997, community activism led the Tucson city council to set up a study committee to look at ways of boosting Latino student achievement and reducing dropout rates. Based on its findings, the school board unanimously voted to create what would become the Mexican American Studies Program. About the Film When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in Tucson comes under fire for teaching ethnic chauvinism, teachers and students fight back. This modern civil rights struggle is born at the epicenter of the immigration debate in the age of identity politics. Learn more about "Independent Lens": www.pbs.org Watch "Independent Lens" films online: video.pbs.org
Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies
Jan Brewer signed into law a bill to ban ethnic studies spearheaded by Superintendent Tom Horne.
Arizona's Ban on Racist 'Ethnic Studies' Classes Takes Effect
facebook.com NPR takes a "balanced" look at AZ's ban on "ethnic studies" courses in state high schools that takes effect 12/31/2010. Unfortunately NPS is a little too balanced towards the bad guys, as they fail to offer any examples of what was actually taught. For an idea of that, see former teacher John Ward's (Ward is Hispanic) disturbing account here: tucsoncitizen.com www.standwitharizona.com http
Arizona Ethnic Studies Ban, comments by Jeff Duncan-Andrade
www.facebook.com This is a rough draft video that will soon be improved upon. rosesinconcrete.org
Benjamin Franklin Not Racist?
170+ Fox News Bias videos at bit.ly When Fox News' supposedly straight news program "America's News HQ" featured several stories from supposedly straight news reporter Casey Stegall on the implementation of a controversial law passed by Republicans in Arizona to outlaw a Mexican American Studies program in Tucson, the reporting not only failed to reveal the partisan Republican nature of the attack and the attacker, Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal, but the reporting also spread misinformation from the top education official in Arizona about Benjamin Franklin's supposed lack of racism, as I show in this video. The clips I use of Fox News' reporter Casey Stegall and Arizona's Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal come from multiple reports broadcast January 7, 2012, on Fox News' "America's News HQ," one of which is available online at bit.ly The image I use of the votes in the Arizona Senate on HB 2281, the Arizona Ethnic Studies Ban, comes from the SmartVoter webpage at bit.ly The image I use of the Cambium Learning audit of Tucson's Mexican American Studies program comes from the Save Ethnic Studies webpage at bit.ly The image I use of the public domain painting of Benjamin Franklin comes from the shmoop webpage at bit.ly The images I use of the Benjamin Franklin essay titled "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc." come from the Barnard webpage at bit.ly
Human/Animal, Black/Indian
Sharon Holland, associate professor of English, African-American studies, and women's studies at Duke University, spoke at Cornell April 28, 2011 as part of the Department of English's Comparative Ethnic Studies Lecture Series.
Save Ethnic Studies-UCLA-Part 1
The Save Ethnic Studies event organized by students from the Graduate School of Education at UCLA on December 3. Dr. Daniel Solorzano, Dr. Augustine Romero and Selina G. Rodriguez..
Lawsuit filed against Arizona ethnic studies ban
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Opponents of HB 2281, a new Arizona law aimed at eliminating the ethnic studies program at the Tucson Unified School District, filed their long-threatened lawsuit Monday afternoon in Tucson. Teachers opposed to the crackdown banned together to file the suit, which names state schools superintendent Tom Horne as a defendant. The suit claims the state law violates both the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution. Horne fought for the law. Among other things, it forbids ethnic studies programs from teaching racial solidarity and from advocating the overthrow of the US government. Horne has acknowledged that the law is aimed squarely at TUSD's program, which he says promotes "ethnic chauvinism." Until now supporters of TUSD's program have said it does not violate Horne's law. At an afternoon press conference, KGUN9's Sergio Avila asked plaintiff's attorney Richard Martinez, "If it doesn't do all those things, why even bring forward this lawsuit?"' Martinez replied, "Because in Tom Horne's eyes we do. We've already been judged guilty." Late Thursday Horne issued a statement blasting the lawsuit. "It is fundamentally wrong to divide students up according to their racial group and teach them separately. That is why HB 2281 was passed, to put an end to these divisive programs and to dividing students by race in the 21st century." The statement contained harsh words for the border activist group, Derechos Humanos. "The 'Derechos' group is an open ...
TUSD mother tells board what she thinks about MAS ban
The Tucson Unified school board, leaders of a Tucson's largest school district which is 61% Latino, voted to cave in to the racist state law to ban Ethnic Studies on January 10th, 2012. The community was not pleased...
Michael Hicks speaks about Ethnic Studies ruling
Giving Michael Hicks a chance to be heard... and showing that Mark Stegeman is now alone and worse than Hicks.
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