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January 20, 2012 / dancull

Mexican American Studies Department Reading List

So I managed to track down the full list of “banned” books – they’re apparently not banned but simply moved to a storage facility, and they can be requested by students through the library system, and they’d be available for curriculum. Of course its the curriculum that has been removed. What a bunch of doublethink. Anyway the Tucson Unified School District Mexican American Studies Department will no longer be teaching the following:

Table 20. American Government/Social Justice Education
Project 1, 2 – Texts and Reading Lists

Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1998 Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years. Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools
Delgado, R. & Stefancic, J. 1998. The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader. New York: New York University Press.
Delgado, R. & Stefancic, J 2001. Critical Race Theory: An Introduction. New York: New York University Press.
Freire, P. 2000 Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum.
Remy, R.C. 2007. United States Government: Democracy in Action. Columbus, OH: Glencoe/McGraw Hill
Rosales, F.A. 2006 Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press
Zinn, H. 1990 Declarations of Independence: Cross-‐ Examining American Ideology. Harper Perennial: New York

Table 21. American History / Mexican American Perspectives 1, 2 – Texts and Reading Lists

Acuña, R. 2004 Occupied America: A History of Chicanos. New York: Longman
Anaya, R. 1995 The Anaya Reader New York: Warner Books Inc.
Appleby, J. et al. 2008 The American Vision New York: Glencoe
Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. 1998 Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools
Burciaga, J.A. 1992 Drink Cultura: Chicanismo Santa Barbara: Joshua Odell Editions
Chávez, J.R. 1984 The Lost Land: The Chicano Image of the Southwest Albq., NM: University of New Mexico Press
Gonzales, Rodolfo “Corky” 2001 Message to Aztlan: Selected Writings Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press
Jimenez, C. 1997 Mexican American Heritage Berkeley, CA: TQS Publications
Martinez, E.S. 1998 De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Vews Multi-‐Colored Century. Cambridge, MA: South End Press
Martinez, E.S. 1990. 500 Años Del Pueblo Chicano/500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures. Albuquerque, NM: SouthWest Organizing Project
Martinez, E.S. 2008 500 of Chicana Women’s History. Piscataway,NJ: Rutgers University Press
Rodriguez, R. 1998 Codex Tamuanchan: On Becoming Human Albq., NM: Roberto Rodriguez
Rodriguez, R. 1996 The X in La Raza II Albq., NM: Roberto Rodriguez
Rosales, F.A. 1997 Chicano!: A History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press
Rosales, F.A. 2006 Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press
Trujillo, C. 1990 Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam San Jose, CA: Chusma House Publishing
Zinn, H. 2003 A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present Harper Perennial: New York

Course: English/Latino Literature 7, 8

Alexie, S. 2004. Ten Little Indians. New York: Grove Press
Baldwin, J. 1990. The Fire Next Time. Penguin Classics
Castillo, A. 2008. Loverboys. New York: W.W. Norton & Company
Cisneros, S. 1992. Women Hollering Creek. New York: Random House
de la Peña, M. 2008. Mexican White Boy. New York: Delacorte Press
Diaz, J. 1997. Drown New York: Riverhead Trade
Gilb, D. 2000. Woodcuts of Women. New York: Grove Press
Guevara, E. 1965. At the Afro-‐Asian Conference in Algeria http://en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Ernesto_%27Che%27_Guevara
Martinez, E. 2003. Color Lines: “Does Anti-‐War Have to Be Anti-‐Racist Too?” Oakland, CA: ARC Publications
Montoya, R. et al. 1998. Culture Clash: Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy. New York: Theater Communications Group
Muñoz, M. 2007. The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue. Chapel Hill,NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pope Duarte, S. 2003. Let Their Spirits Dance. New York: Harper Collins
Ruiz, M. 1997. Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press
Shakespeare, W. 1994. The Tempest. New York: Washington Square Press
Takaki, R. 1993. A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company
Urrea, L.A. 2004. The Devil’s Highway. New York: Back Bay Books
Sandoval-‐Sánchez, A. & Saporta Sternbach, N. 1999. Puro Teatro: A Latina Anthology. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press
Yolen, J. 1997. Twelve Impossible Things before Breakfast: Stories Orlando, FL: Harcourt Children’s Books
Zinn, H. 2004. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. Tucson, AZ: Seven Stories Press

Course: English/Latino Literature 5, 6

Abu-‐Jamal, M. 1996. Live from Death Row. New York: Harper Perennial.
Alexie, S. 1994. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven. New York: Harper Perennial
Allende, I. 2005. Zorro. New York: Harper Collins
Anzaldúa, G. 1999. Borderlands La Frontera: The New Mestiza San Francisco, CA: Aunt Lute Books
Baca, J.S. 2002. A Place to Stand. New York: Grove Press
Baca, J.S. 2002. C-‐Train and Thirteen Mexicans. New York: Grove Press
Baca, J.S. 2001. Healing Earthquakes: Poems. New York: Grove Press
Baca, J.S. 1990. Immigrants in Our Own Land and Selected Early Poems. New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Baca, J.S. 1989. Black Mesa Poems New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Baca, J.S. 1987. Martin & Meditations on the South Valley New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Berliner, D.C. & Biddle, B.J. 1995. The Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, And The Attack On America’s Public Schools New York: Perseus Books
Burciaga, J.A. 1992. Drink Cultura: Chicanismo Santa Barbara: Joshua Odell Editions
Carlson, L. & Hijuielos, O 2005. Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the New York: Henry Holt and Company United States
Carlson, L. & Hijuielos, O. 1994. Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States New York: Henry Holt and Company
Castillo, A. 1993. So Far From God New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Chavez, C.E. 1985. Address to the Commonwealth Club of California http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/20thcentury/84-‐11chavez-‐speech.html
Cisneros, S. 1992Women Hollering Creek New York: Random House
Cisneros, S. 1991. House on Mango Street New York: Vintage Books
Diaz, J. 1997 Drown New York: Riverhead Trade
Diaz Bjorkquist, E. 2001. Suffer Smoke San Jose, CA: Authors Choice Press
Dominguez, D. 2010 The Ghost of Cesar Chavez Chattanooga, TN: C&R Press
Espada, M. 1998 Zapata’s Disciple: Essays Cambridge, MA: South End Press
Esquivel, L. 1995 Like for Water for Chocolate New York: Anchor Books
Garcia, D. 2000 When Living was a Labor Camp Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press
Garcia, R. 2000. La Llorona: Our Lady of Deformities Rosebud magazine, Volume #24
Garcia-‐Camarilo, C. et al. 2002 Cantos Al Sexto Sol: An Anthology of Aztlanahuac Writing San Antonio, TX: Wings Press
Gilb, D. 1994 The Magic of Blood New York: Grove Press
Gonzales, Rodolfo “Corky” 2001 Message to Aztlan: Selected Writings Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press
Goodman, et al. 2004 Saving Our Schools the Case for Public Education, Saying No to “No Child Left Behind” Berkeley, CA: RDR Books
hooks, b 2000 Femimism is for Everybody Cambridge, MA: South End Press
Jimenéz, F. 1999 The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin
Kozol, J. 1992 Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools New York: Harper Perennial
Muñoz, M. 2003 Zigzagger Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press
Rebolledo, T.D. & Rivero, E.S. 1993 Infinite Divisions: An Anthology of Chicana Literature Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press
Rivera, T. 1995… y no se lo tragó la tierra/And the Earth Did Not Devour Him Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press
Rodriguez, L. 2005 Always Running -‐ La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. New York: Touchstone
Rodriguez, R. 1997 Justice: A Question of Race Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Review Press
Rodriguez, R. 1996 The X in La Raza II Albq., NM: Roberto
Rodriguez Skolnick, S.H. & Currie, E. 2006 Crisis in American Institutions Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education
Sheridan, T. 1986 Los Tucsonenses: The Mexican Community in Tucson, 1854-‐1941 Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press
Tafolla, Carmen 1993 Curandera Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica College Press
Tatum, C. M. 1990 Mexican American Literature Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Tatum, C.M. 1993 New Chicana/Chicano Writing Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press
Thoreau, H.D. 1993 Civil Disobedience Public Domain Books
Urrea, L.A. 1996 By the Lake of Sleeping Children New York: Anchor Books /Double Day
Urrea, L.A. 2002 Nobody’s Son: Notes from an American Life Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press
Valdez, L. 1992 Zoot Suit and Other Plays Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press
Zepeda, O. 1995 Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press

So, consider that your introductory reading list!

January 19, 2012 / dancull

SOPA & PIPA Some Commentary & Views

I case you’ve been sleeping under a rock, yesterday witnessed the worlds first internet strike – which I’m proud to say this site (and related sites) took part in. If you have been living under a rock, it’s time for some catch up, Wired Magazine do a pretty good job of explaining it all. When the blackout happened various sites took different approaches to how to blackout, you can see some examples that the BBC brought together, one of my personal favorites was the page Craigslist put up.

Here I thought I’d share a couple of the more visual approached to this:

Clay Shirky describes why these laws won’t work, but they will have a bunch of terrible side effects!

This wonderful aimated gif from the folks at Oatmeal.

SOPA Cabana, a silly video that was posted on facebook.

As Clay Shirky said, whether or not this passes, it won’t be the end of this so… be ready!

January 17, 2012 / dancull

This site is going on strike

Dear readers, this site will be on strike tomorrow, along with a good chunk of the internet.

Here’s why you should join:

Here’s how you can join the strike.

Black out your website for 12 hours with this page’s HTML, or by putting this Javascript into your site’s theme. Tucows is doing this and so is BoingBoing.

Other people have made tools to strike. Some other ways to strike:

Or if you made a tool…. Tweet it to #StrikeTools

January 15, 2012 / dancull

CNN Inside Anonymous

This time CNN goes “inside” Anonymous, yeah right. But despite this sometimes simple analysis, it does seem like 2012 might by the year of Anonymous too!

January 15, 2012 / dancull

Arizona’s War on Ethnic Studies

“They don’t gotta burn tha books, they just remove ‘em” (RAtM)

In Arizona today it seems that you can only study the history and socio-politics of your ethnicity if you happen to be white. The continuing assault upon critical theory in education within the United States took a turn for the worse this weekend as Tuscon Unified School District took the necessary steps to be in compliance with the recently passed law. Still at least this provides students with a valuable lesson in oppression and realities of academic freedom.

“As part of the state-mandated termination of its ethnic studies program, the Tucson Unified School District released an initial list of books to be banned from its schools today. According to district spokeperson Cara Rene, the books “will be cleared from all classrooms, boxed up and sent to the Textbook Depository for storage”.”(Jeff Biggers)

Books removed include:

The 20-year-old textbook “Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years,”which includes an essay by Tucson author Leslie Silko, who I had the pleasure of meeting at a book reading and signing she did a few years ago.
Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest. Um, really, banning the frickin Bard!
“Pedagogy of the Oppressed” by famed Brazilian educator Paolo Freire
“Occupied America: A History of Chicanos” by Rodolfo Acuña,
“Chicano!: The History of the Mexican Civil Rights Movement” by Arturo Rosales (really great book)
“500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures,” by Elizabeth Martinez
The textbook “Critical Race Theory” by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic.

Ok… so let that form the start of your book shopping list, I really want to get a hold of the full list of banned publications, if anyone knows where I can find it please let me know.

“…the last time a book of mine was outlawed was during the state of emergency in apartheid South Africa in 1986, when the regime there banned the curriculum I’d written, Strangers in Their Own Country, likely because it included excerpts from a speech by then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela.” (Bill Bigelow Rethinking Columbus editor comments upon their book being banned).

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