Wednesday, January 18, 2012

SDSU MFA Grad Matt de la Pena's Book Banned by Tucson School District

Excerpt from American Indian Children's Literature


Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Authors banned in Tucson Unified School District respond


MATT DE LA PENA


On January 16th, Matt de la Pena wrote on his blog:
A truly scary situation. Tucson schools have just “shut down” all courses related to Mexican American Studies (in essence, banning Chicano authors). If you’re familiar with Tucson’s racial makeup, you know this means that literally thousands of Chicano students will no longer be allowed to see a reflection of themselves in literature. The teachers literally had to pack up the books and remove them from their classrooms.

Teachers who taught in the Mexican American Studies program that was shut down last week are no longer allowed to teach his book, Mexican WhiteBoy.

He's in good company being banned:


SHERMAN ALEXIE

On January 17th, 2012, Sherman Alexie tweeted:


Teachers who taught in the Mexican American Studies program that was shut down last week are no longer allowed to teach two of his books:

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