Saying that a proposed Mexican-American studies textbook is "dripping with racism and intolerance," several educators and students are calling for the State Board of Education to reject the controversial book. “It is an utter shame we must deal with racially offensive academic work,” State Board member Ruben Cortez Jr., D-Brownsville, said
Proposed Texas Textbook On Mexican-American Studies “Dripping With Racism,”
A committee selected to review the book determined it had more than 68 factual errors, 42 “interpretative errors” and 31 “omission errors.”