Bella Vida Letty on Like Water for Chocolate

Dr. Joe Sutliff Sanders on the TUSD Book Banning

Debbie Reese reads from Delgado and Stefancic's CRITICAL RACE THEORY, a book taught in the now-banned Mexican American Studies program in Tucson Unified School District.

Sasha Grey Reads from Zoot Suit

Sasha Grey reads Luis Valdez's "Zoot Suit & Other Plays" in response to the Tuscon school board's decision to ban books!



Stand up, use your voice & support this website: http://banninghistory.blogspot.com

Read-in at La Casa in Solidarity with Mexican American Studies at TUSD-Rebecca

Rebecca reads from Chicano!: The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by Francisco Rosales to support Mexican American Studies at the Tuscon Unified School District

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Poets Responding To SB1070

Have you seen this?  Go to Facebook right now and look at all the amazing poets responding.

Their description reads:  Poets gather here to respond to Arizona SB 1070, a law that targets immigrants and legalizes racial profiling. We feature poetry and immigrant human rights news.



So go.  Post.  Like.  Share.  Flor y canto is good for your soul.

I Want to Be Educated

Today, we have a beautiful poem from Ezzy Guerrero-Languzzi who blogs about education, culture and awareness.   My favorite line in it is where she says, "I give you permission to confiscate them."  Powerful.

I Want to Be Educated

by Ezzy Guerrero-Languzzi

I want to be educated ...

Chapters in books

Pages, words

Sounds, thoughts, emotions

Discovery

Who's free, really, in this country?

I never had the right, apparently

What you cannot, will not, refuse to see

I promise will never cease to be

These chapters in books and pages, words

Voices from the past, a warning to the future

A salve for wounds undiscovered

These chapters in books and pages, words

Tell me that in humanity I am not alone

I have brothers and sisters on the same journey

Finding our place in this world and our communities

Go ahead

You may take them

I give you permission to confiscate them

Ban them

Burn them

Hide them in boxes

Do what you must

But know -- try as you may, you cannot hide or change history

You will not conquer me.

Singing Junot Diaz

The lovely Sujeiry Gonzalez sings from Pulitzer prize winning, Junot Diaz' collection of short stories, DROWN; one of the many banned books in Arizona. Sujeiry is the author of the new book Love Trips, which is available for purchase. She is also the Latina Carrie Bradshaw as the NY Modern Love Examiner.

Arizona Pretends Mexicans Don't Exist

From the Majority Report, live M-F 11:30am EST and via daily podcast at http://Majority.FM:

The House That Was Banned from Tucson

I just found this amazing little video of Sandra Cisneros talking about The House on Mango Street and how important it is to be a community activist.  Her book is on the Tucson list you know.  I think she'd want you to fight for it.