The full text of an e-mail exchange between Dr.
Rodolfo Acuña and KGUN9 News director Forrest
Carr. For ease of reading, Carr’s questions are
highlighted in yellow. The non-highlighted portions are
Dr. Acuña’s responses. Available at: Available at:
http://goo.gl/yVnXx.
May 24 (2010) What ethnic studies students are
learning: an inside look. Available at:
http://goo.gl/r8nez.
June 3 (2010) Author Slams Arizona Education Boss
over Ethnic Studies Ban. Available at:
http://goo.gl/rwpB.
October 19 (2010) Does TUSD’s Ethnic Studies
Program Violate Arizona’s New Law? Available at:
http://goo.gl/934G4.Notes
1 All figures provided here originate from one of two primary sources:
(1) the U.S. Census Bureau publications available online, and (2) the
PEW Hispanic Center research reports and materials, unless otherwise
noted.
2 Lipski (2008), Zentella (1997, 2004), and Silva-Corvalán (2004) are
good resources to consult for detailed descriptions of Spanish as it is
spoken in the U.S.
3 Salazar was a major figure in the Chicano movement. A respected
journalist and writer for The Los Angeles Times, Salazar was killed by
a sheriff’s deputy while reporting on a Chicano protest of the Vietnam
War. His death helped focus the country’s attention on discrimination
against Chicanos.
4 Originally the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo guaranteed that Mexican
citizens who stayed a year in the territories newly ceded to the U.S.
would be granted U.S. citizenship. Like other provisions of the treaty,
Congress summarily deleted these promises before ratification.