This list of resources emerged through the course I developed and teach at Raritan Valley Community College, “Race in American Literature and Popular Culture.” I show the documentary Precious Knowledge, which focuses on Arizona’s ban on Ethnic Studies in K-12 including the ban on Tucson’s Mexican American Studies Program. The following resources, in conjunction with Paulo Freire’s The Pedagogy of the Oppressed, provide additional context.

Precious Knowledge, the film

• “Director Eren McGinnis on the Front Lines of Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Wars”
• “In Lak’Ech: You Are My Other Me”
• “The Banned Books List for Arizona Ethnic Studies”
• banned: “Ancestor” and “As Children Know” by Jimmy Santiago Baca

Ethnic Studies after the film

• “At-risk students improve when they take a race and ethnicity class – study”
• “Why ‘Book Ban’ Is The Right Term For What Arizona Did To Mexican-American Studies”
• “Arizona Republicans move to ban social justice courses and events at schools”
• Raza Studies: The Public Option for Educational Revolution (available at Raritan Valley Community College here)
• “How One Law Banning Ethnic Studies Led to Its Rise”
• “The Ongoing Battle Over Ethnic Studies”
• “Students in Roosevelt High School’s Ethnic Studies Class Become Published Authors of ‘This Is My Revolution'”

Education and power

• “The Civil Rights Problem In U.S. Schools: 10 New Numbers”
• “For Young Latino Readers, an Image Is Missing”
• “Meet the 12-year-old trailblazer fighting for equality in kids’ books”
• 1000 Black Girl Books Resource Guide
• “Children’s Books That Tackle Race and Ethnicity.”
• “Where to Find Diverse Books.”
• “Teachers Fight To Keep Pre-ColonialWorld History In AP Course”
• “These Underrepresented Students Are Tired Of School Curriculums That Make Them Invisible”
• “For Native Students, Education’s Promise Has Long Been Broken”
• “American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many”