Don’t Mess with Meskins By Rodolfo F. Acuña In West Texas, during the struggles to desegregate the schools in the [...]
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Chicana/o Scholars and False Histories written from the Ivory Tower
Studying History In Translation By Rodolfo F. Acuña As we distance ourselves from the sixties, more and more Chicana/o monographs [...]
Tom Horne was afraid of Mexican students thinking critically about the truth of history
When You’re Stupid,You’re Stupid By Rodolfo F. Acuña My mother use to say, “Cuando eres pendejo, eres pendejo;” and there [...]
Can only super-teachers make Latinos learn?
RODOLFO ACUNA. He Oughta Be in Movies Teaching: More than classroom heroics are necessary to ensure quality education for Latinos-namely, [...]
Rudy Acuña responds to Tashima Ruling that OKs Ethnic Studies ban in Arizona
U.S. Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima has made his decision to uphold disparate treatment of Mexican Americans, and the constitutionality [...]
It is Immigration Reform, Stupid!
Being Political: It is Immigration Reform, Stupid! By Rodolfo F. Acuña For the past forty years, the most pressing issue [...]
Homogeneous Latinas/os on TV and the Movies: PBS, The Oscars and the Kochs
PBS Homogeneous Latinas/os The Academy Awards And The Kochs By Rodolfo F. Acuña When I was a kid – many [...]
The Case of Marco Rubio
The Case of Marco Rubio By Rodolfo F. Acuña Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) strongly criticized the first draft of President [...]
Dorner’s death and democratic inquiry into LAPD racism
I am not going to rush to judgment on Christopher Dorner’s alleged murder of a former police captain’s daughter and [...]
It’s a Wonderful Life? Historical figures and their human flaws
It’s a Wonderful Life? By Rodolfo F. Acuña I have noticed that more than a few academicians have joined the [...]
Arizona: Separating the American Dream from Reality
The National Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Workers was established in 1923 in reaction to the virulent xenophobia of [...]
Politics is the art of compromise?
Politics is the art of compromise? By Rodolfo F. Acuña The most overused saying among liberals is that politics is [...]
Arizona: The Alamo Revisited in Tucson
Arizona: The Alamo Revisited In Tucson By Rodolfo F. Acuña In a forum circa 1970, Dr. Ernesto Galarza, a renowned Chicano [...]
Author Rudy Acuña says “just write!” and document the struggle
Control Your Space It is the message not the wrapping paper By Rodolfo F. Acuña I am often asked what [...]
Accountability: Why History Matters
Professor Acuña discusses the outcomes of some important elections in California and Arizona and the future of Chicano Studies. What [...]
Multicultural Education is Not Mass Education
Ever since I read Stuart Chase’s “The Tyranny of Words” as an undergraduate I have been obsessed with the meaning [...]
A White Paper and History: Rudy Acuña critiques TUSD’s new multicultural program replacing MAS
When anything titled a “White Paper” comes across my email, I usually ignore it. Why is truth always called “white”? [...]
I hate hypocrisy: Tom Horne and his attacks on Latinos
In the City of Los Angeles, Art Snyder represented the 14th Council District from 1971 to the mid-1980s. Chicanos considered [...]
Balancing Anger, Hyperbole and Criticism
Writing books and writing blogs are similar. They should be truth based. If they are not the author loses credibility [...]
Endependence Day: Ending the Illusion
Instead of the usual 16th of September celebrated in most Mexican American communities, MEChA students at California State University at [...]
White Lies: Essay by Rodolfo Acuña
The Difference Between Political and Pedagogical Judgments White Lies And What’s to be Done? By Rodolfo F. Acuña When I [...]
