Arizona Goddam! The Fight for Raza Studies in Tucson
**Please Note: This is a Two Hour Program** Download the program here: Internet Archive (Parts 1 & 2 combined) Audioport - podcast (Parts 1 & 2 separate) Crystal Terriquez and Pricila Rodriguez In January 2012, Tucson Unified School District's (TUSD) renowned and highly successful Raza Studies Program, was shut down. The program was finally eliminated after a prolonged, brutal campaign to demonize the students, the teachers and Tucson Arizona’s Mexican American community; the latest of a long history of cultural genocide enacted against Mexican Americans and indigenous people in the United States. In this two hour program, we look at the history of the struggle for Raza studies, also known as Mexican American Studies, in the Tucson Unified School District and why the program was so meaningful and successful, and we explore why the program was viciously attacked and shut down - by examining the racist narrative and intent of the state and school administrators who ar...