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Related: About this forumCommittee Denounces Proposed Mexican-American Studies Textbook
Saying that a proposed Mexican-American studies textbook is "dripping with racism and intolerance," several educators and students are calling for the State Board of Education to reject the controversial book.
It is an utter shame we must deal with racially offensive academic work, State Board member Ruben Cortez Jr., D-Brownsville, said Tuesday at a news conference in Brownsville announcing that a committee he convened had produced a 54-page report citing inaccuracies in the proposed "Mexican American Heritage" textbook.
He said the textbook describes Mexicans as people who dont value hard work and who only bring crimes and drugs into the country. According to the committee's report, one passage said, "Stereotypically, Mexicans were viewed as lazy compared to European or American workers ... It was also traditional to skip work on Mondays, and drinking on the job could be a problem."
Cortez convened the ad hoc committee which includes professors and high school teachers to examine the book being considered for use in Mexican-American studies classes for Texas high school students. A public hearing over the proposed textbook is set for next Tuesday in Austin, and members of the committee will present their report then.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2016/09/06/committee-denounces-proposed-mexican-american-stud/
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