From: Debbie Reese <dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:59:09 -0600

Last year, the Arizona legislature passed a law, targeted at the Mexican American Studies program at Tucson Unified School District. They were using books written by Mexican American authors.

Tonight, PBS's "Need to Know" is about the program. In it, you learn that the people who wrote/passed the law made the claims that the books were anti-American, and even said that they books were promoting the overthrow of the US government. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the resistance to Latino literature is rooted in that sort of thinking.

Anyway--I think the episode will definitely be worth watching.

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Debbie
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Debbie Reese, PhD Tribally enrolled: Nambe Pueblo

Email: dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com

Website: American Indians in Children's Literature _at_ http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.net

Now: Studying for MLIS at San Jose State University Then: Assistant Professor in American Indian Studies, University of Illinois
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