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j6tkclsd4ebfsp3hwzm9lrqhhwjzle72Hispanic books from Houston press yanked from Arizona classrooms72l4dyhyh2xq5qrty957j0svds64mr31
The Tucson Unified School District in Arizona made headlines in recent weeks when it dismantled a popular Mexican American Studies program.1y40ipbn44znqwr6pp6jkyrbf34eon9p
John Huppenthal, the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, declared the program illegal under a state law that bans racially-divisive classes. Although the district says no books have been banned, seven books have been yanked from classrooms. Two of those books were published by the University of Houston’s Arte Público Press, the largest publisher of contemporary U.S. 0a0gwzium0367nohoydj3v2a2p9azs6fLatino literature: Message to Aztlán, by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales (2001) and Chicano! A History of the Mexican Civil Rights Movement, by Arturo Rosales (1997). Both are taught often.9jaofjpnbwz8ojr4xjt2lvhhnf9vvw9h
But the Houston connection doesn’t end there.ddr2o0m2hvv9dkv1afk62i9luja2qhf3
Tony Diaz, founder of local literary nonprofit Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say is organizing a caravan from Houston to Tucson over spring break to raise awareness about the situation and bring Hispanic books to Tucson students. He calls it the Librotraficante movement, and it begins in Houston on Monday, March 12 and ends in Tucson on Saturday, March 17. g1usx2eakk0vdoz4ctg0qt7aaynkk010Along the way, the caravan will stop in San Antonio, El Paso and Albuquerque, for read-ins and other activities. The caravan will be filled with authors and activists, accruing people as it goes.9h6cphckz6kd5cksjyz7f0hri3aevy37
Books and other forms of donations are welcome. Nick Kanellos, founder of Arte Público Press, is donating copies of the two books in question — and other books, if Diaz needs them — to the cause.hcqh4a7k08tlj00hf1l29psbh82o7trj
Look for a story with more details in this blog and in the Chronicle soon.z96zj5nv0v69c75mf85pjh8pnvx2ctp6
In the meantime, check out Tony Diaz’s and Rodolfo Acuña’s video:dtdgwcz709cconjgee6ckx3bazhihmx5
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Hispanic books from Houston press yanked from Arizona classrooms | Bookish | a Chron.com blog.
Hispanic books from Houston press yanked from Arizona classrooms
The Tucson Unified School District in Arizona made headlines in recent weeks when it dismantled a popular Mexican American Studies program.
John Huppenthal, the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, declared the program illegal under a state law that bans racially-divisive classes. Although the district says no books have been banned, seven books have been yanked from classrooms. Two of those books were published by the University of Houston’s Arte Público Press, the largest publisher of contemporary U.S. Latino literature: Message to Aztlán, by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales (2001) and Chicano! A History of the Mexican Civil Rights Movement, by Arturo Rosales (1997). Both are taught often.
But the Houston connection doesn’t end there.
Tony Diaz, founder of local literary nonprofit Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say is organizing a caravan from Houston to Tucson over spring break to raise awareness about the situation and bring Hispanic books to Tucson students. He calls it the Librotraficante movement, and it begins in Houston on Monday, March 12 and ends in Tucson on Saturday, March 17. Along the way, the caravan will stop in San Antonio, El Paso and Albuquerque, for read-ins and other activities. The caravan will be filled with authors and activists, accruing people as it goes.
Books and other forms of donations are welcome. Nick Kanellos, founder of Arte Público Press, is donating copies of the two books in question — and other books, if Diaz needs them — to the cause.
Look for a story with more details in this blog and in the Chronicle soon.
In the meantime, check out Tony Diaz’s and Rodolfo Acuña’s video:
