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Texas teachers are uniting to oppose this unbelievably racist textbook about Mexicans
http://fusion.net/story/344682/texas-proposed-racist-textbook/68 factual errors. 42 interpretive errors. 31 omission errors. That’s how many mistakes a group of Texas college and high school teachers say they have found in Mexican American Heritage, a proposed textbook for the state’s Mexican-American Studies high school class. Oh, and the textbook is also very racist.
The group was convened by Texas State Board of Education member Ruben Cortez Jr., who says that the textbook’s errors add up to a deeply offensive portrayal of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. He wants the board to reject the textbook and reopen bids....
One passage from a section about Mexican workers has been cited as particularly racist:
Ethnic Hostility
Stereotypically, Mexicans were viewed as lazy compared to European or American workers. Industrialists were very driven, competitive men who were always on the clock and continually concerned about efficiency.
They were used to their workers putting in a full day’s work, quietly and obediently, and respecting rules, authority, and property. In contrast, Mexican laborers were not reared to put in a full day’s work so vigorously. There was a cultural attitude of “mañana,” or “tomorrow,” when it came to high-gear production. It was also traditional to skip work on Mondays, and drinking on the job could be a problem. The result was that Mexican laborers were seen as inferior and kept in low-paying, unskilled jobs that did not provide a pathway upward.
The group was convened by Texas State Board of Education member Ruben Cortez Jr., who says that the textbook’s errors add up to a deeply offensive portrayal of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. He wants the board to reject the textbook and reopen bids....
One passage from a section about Mexican workers has been cited as particularly racist:
Ethnic Hostility
Stereotypically, Mexicans were viewed as lazy compared to European or American workers. Industrialists were very driven, competitive men who were always on the clock and continually concerned about efficiency.
They were used to their workers putting in a full day’s work, quietly and obediently, and respecting rules, authority, and property. In contrast, Mexican laborers were not reared to put in a full day’s work so vigorously. There was a cultural attitude of “mañana,” or “tomorrow,” when it came to high-gear production. It was also traditional to skip work on Mondays, and drinking on the job could be a problem. The result was that Mexican laborers were seen as inferior and kept in low-paying, unskilled jobs that did not provide a pathway upward.
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You hear the same crap about blacks in areas of high black populations, about Irish and Italians (more dated), and about Jews. It doesn't matter that much of the skyline of modern Austin was built by Hispanic people, or the old skyline of Miami (Casablanca of America) was built by Black people(s). The same ol' shit gets passed down through the generations. But the racist extremists of the Texas textbook wars want to make it official again by saying "...were seen as."
Oh, such intellectual detachment.
colon + 'sarcasm' +colon = 
... For the first five years of my life. 1952 thru 1957. I still remember the large Mexican family who lived next door to us since I spent more time at their house than I did it my own. 
