68 factual errors identified in controversial 'Mexican American Heritage' textbook

Proposed textbook causes uproar A 54-page report has found more than 140 errors in a controversial textbook, entitled "Mexican American Heritage," that has been proposed for social studies classes in Texas public schools.

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A committee of Texas educators and historians recently released a 54-page report examining a proposed social studies textbook that has come under fire for "dripping with racism." The report details 68 factual errors along with 73 interpretive and omission errors within the text.

Trinidad Gonzales, a committee member, says the errors can have a problematic and lasting impact on Hispanic students who read them.

"If a Latino student reads and accepts these errors as fact, they may reject their heritage and community," says Gonzales, a professor at South Texas College in the Rio Grande Valley and a member of the American Historical Association. "It will make them question their sense of belonging."

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One of the most flagged areas in the material is the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, a peaceful social movement that addressed racism against Latinos in the 1960s.

The textbook, however, said Chicanos"... adopted a revolutionary narrative that opposed Western civilization and wanted to destroy this society."

In reality, the movement used boycotts, school walkouts and protests to spread their message.

Gonzales says that when this information is used by Texas schools, it validates a racist curriculum.

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He says a lot of the "us vs. them" mentality seen throughout the book comes from citing Samuel P. Huntington's "Who Are We," a book that Gonzales says is discredited and was "destroyed by academics."

"What you're doing is creating pathological damage to Latino children by having them view themselves as inferior," says Gonzales. "Texas should not be in the business of hate and racism."

Click through above to see some examples of factual errors found within the textbook.