I don’t know about all of you, but I was growing tired of the old format for ChicanoNews.  It was a bit hard to read at times and not very clean.  I’ve decided to change that with this new theme.  Drop me a note in the comments section and let me know if you like it.  If no one likes it, I can always go back to the way things were.

FYI: We upgraded Chicano News to a new platform yesterday… and as luck would have it, it’s broken. We’re working on fixing it now, and will be up shortly. UPDATE: THE SITE IS NOW FIXED…enjoy!

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I’m currently making some changes to the site, so if you see some crazy stuff, don’t worry it’ll be fixed soon. If I don’t fix it or if I change something and you don’t like it, leave a comment here.

Being a proud iPhone user, I often am was frustrated with my own blog and how difficult it is was to view. Well I am proud to announce that thanks to some fancy coding by BRAVENEWCODE, ChicanoNews .net is now iPhone friendly. So feel free to visit us on the road or any time you have a free moment on your iphone and/or iTouch. Let me know if you all have any questions.

The following article, the author discusses something very familiar to Latinos.  It discusses the blatant and utter disregard for teaching students the “truth” about history.  For decades we as Latinos have had to absorb the clearly White American version of history.  We’ve been indoctrinated by their so called “Patriotism” and propaganda.  Only to realize (most of us in College) that we were lied to.   That the Alamo wasn’t a story of a heroic last stand, but an act of rebellion by immigrants who were allowed to live in what was then Mexico.  That Davey Crockett was no folk hero, but a paid mercenary.   These and many other “untruths” have been taught to students of all races and colors since the beginning of our country.

Though I agree with the writer, that curriculum in schools should be as non biased as is possible, I find it humorous that the very slanted curriculum that this author is now complaining abut, is slanted, not to exculpate the whites and their atrocities in this country, but in the other direction.  That the curriculum he has a problem with no longer is attempting to teach our students that “White is Right”, but that perhaps, we as Latinos have been held back by the white man for decades.  Perhaps we should bend the truth in the other direction for a while, if not for equalities sake, then for the possibility that our students will grow to realize that this country is not really all about “Freedom and justice for ALL”.

From: constitutionallyright.com

Immediately it was clear that the class was not a U.S. history course, which the state of Arizona requires for graduation. The class was similar to a sociology course one expects to see at a university.

Where history was missing from the course, it was filled by controversial and biased curriculum.

The basic theme of the curriculum was that Mexican-Americans were and continue to be victims of a racist American society driven by the interests of middle and upper-class whites. In this narrative, whites are able to maintain their influence only if minorities are held down. Thus, social, political and economic events in America must be understood through this lens.

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It’s been a madhouse where I work, and so I’ve had very little time to update Chicano News.  I apologize to all my readers, and once I decide on a “format” we’ll be back up and running as usual.  Thanks for your patience.

Over the last few months, Chicanonews has gotten a bit stale (i think).  So I’ve decided to mix things up.  I also decided it was time for a change of “style” as well.  I plan to put up less content, but more interesting articles.  If any of you have an opinion, you like, hate, don’t care… leave a comment.  Thanks.

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Chicano news was down for a few days (paypal error) and now we’re back.  Sorry for the delay, hopefully we didn’t loose too many readers.  We’ll be posting new articles and hotlinks soon.  Please keep checking back.