In this legislative session, Texas state Representative Christina Morales introduced a bill that would allow Ethnic Studies courses to count as graduation requirements. California, was on its way to making Ethnic Studies a graduation requirement until Governor Newsom vetoed it. As Wayne Au has extensively documented, Ethnic Studies – in particular in K-12 education – …
When the University of Arizona (UA) became an Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), I remember very vividly being in a meeting where we were going to pursue a federal grant for which we were now eligible given our new designation. The conversation, as we were considering how to frame our proposal, kept coming back to the “need for …
Academic Hype Man #4: Dr. Gina A. Garcia, “Becoming Hispanic Serving Institutions” Read More »
Author: Dr. Maurice (Mauricio) R. Magaña Title: Cartographies of Youth Resistance: Hip-Hop, Punk, and Urban Autonomy in Mexico Publisher: Routledge Paperback: 234 pages ISBN: 9780520344624 https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520344624/cartographies-of-youth-resistance (Buy this book, dang it!) If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard some type of, “The problem with kids today…” I would be a pretty wealthy guy. It’s funny because this …
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Mowing Leaves of Grass hits like a straight shot of tequila no chaser, and that is precisely the raw beauty of the text.
Knowledge of Native survivance, settler colonialism, and Native students should be requisite teacher knowledge to counter deficit thinking, detect and interrupt settler colonial discourses in educational policy and practice
Adore your work and the “happy little paragraphs” you are producing. Know that you will have “happy little accidents,” but keep writing, keep editing, keep going. Make sure the voice in your head mirrors Bob Ross’ soothing tone as it will help drown out the little Gollum on your other shoulder sowing seeds of doubt in your head.
I have received a number of inquiries and even some spirited pushback on the term Chicanostocracy from all sides. Some people think that this term means I am advocating for an aristocracy of Chicanos that oppresses White people. Others think I am trying to elevate socially privileged Chicanos to the level of unilateral decision makers …
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American culture is obsessed with determining “the best,” and I have to admit that I am not above playing that game. People are constantly debating questions such as: Who was most important baseball player of all-time? What was the best song of the 1980s? Who is the best American writer in history? Who was the best Olympic athlete ever? Who …
In the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, the context of Brown kids in cages, the continued desecration of sacred Native lands, and the rise of anti-Asian American violence because of the racist use of the term the “China virus,” there has been a number of calls for a compiling of anti-racist …
SOME Anti-Racist Resources (and How to Use Them Responsibly) Read More »
Author’s Note: This piece was originally a commencement address I gave for the University of Arizona’s College of Education in Fall, 2016 (Photo Credit: Dr. Jill Koyama) I might scream if I hear one more knucklehead say, “Those who do, do. Those, who can’t teach.” People tend to forget that without educators, there are no …
