Jesus Wept

A proposed textbook about Mexican-American history that would be read by Texas high school students is filled with inaccuracies and stereotypes about Mexican Americans, said a coalition of educators opposing the publication of the textbook.

Latino activists and educators have been urging the Texas State Board of Education to allow for more coverage of Latino Americans in the textbooks it reviews, so when a textbook on Mexican Americans was included among the textbooks to be considered for the school year of 2017-2018, it appeared to be a win for those advocates. But when excerpts from the textbook were released, it became clear to advocates for more inclusion of Latino American history that the book was far more harmful than helpful.

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On Monday, this newly formed coalition criticized what they called “offensive cultural stereotypes,” according to The Washington Post, that were found in excerpts that called Industrialists “driven” but said Mexican laborers “were not reared to put in a full day’s work so vigorously.”

  Think Progress

Somebody needs a trip to California's Stockton Valley

[I]t's worth pointing out that 51 percent of the state's 5 million plus students in the 2012-2013 school year were Hispanic according to the Texas Education Agency's 2014 report.

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Scholars have also objected to a passage of the textbook that equated the Chicano Movement in the 1960s that encouraged Mexican Americans to fight for better working conditions and voting rights with a “revolutionary narrative that opposed Western civilization and wanted to destroy this society,” according to The Washington Post.

As for how it has been received by the board members themselves, reactions have been mixed.

Way to go, Texas.

And a special FU to David Bradley.

[B]oard member David Bradley, who didn't want a Mexican-American heritage textbook in the first place, according to the Statesman, said, “It’s really kind of amusing. The left-leaning, radical Hispanic activists, having pounded the table for special treatment, get approval for a special course that nobody else wanted... Now they don’t like their special textbook?"

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The Texas State Board of Education will review the textbook and allow for a public comment period in the fall.

Calling all Texans: you know what you need to do.

....but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.