The February 7, 2012, episode of Glee, titled “The Spanish Teacher†features Ricky Martin in a guest appearance as David Martinez, who, as a Latino teacher of Spanish, becomes a rival to Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) for both the affections of the Glee students and a tenured spot on the teaching staff. The episode opens with Mr. Schuester … Read more
Last week important works of literature, history and philosophy by world-renowned writers and scholars such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Sherman Alexie, Ofelia Zepeda, Paulo Freire, Rodolfo Acuña, Carmen Tafolla and others were removed from classrooms and some libraries in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD). The perspectives and insights about diverse ethnic, racial and … Read more
In 1980-81, a group of women, mostly Chicana, some Native/indigenous, mostly graduate students, some undergraduates and at least 2 faculty, founded an organization still in existence today, called Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS). Initially, it received funding from many sources, small amounts from student funds, research monies, and UC Davis’s Chicana/o Studies … Read more