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: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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