{"id":1831,"date":"2011-11-02T01:03:31","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T01:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2011-11-02T01:03:31","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T01:03:31","slug":"preciousknowledgedvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/2011\/11\/02\/preciousknowledgedvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Save Ethnic Studies! New DVD available at the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/files\/2011\/11\/dvd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1836 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/files\/2011\/11\/dvd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a> Cover of &#8220;Precious Knowledge&#8221; DVD<\/p>\n<p>On October 18th dozens of OSU community members gathered to view the documentary &#8220;Precious Knowledge: Arizona&#8217;s battle over Ethnic Studies&#8221; and the filmmaker Eren Isabel McGinnis and special guest Curtis Acosta answered audience questions after the screening.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t know about the film or the controversy in Arizona? Read on\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArizona lawmakers believe Tucson High School teachers are teaching victimization, racism, and revolution in their Ethnic Studies classes. Meanwhile Tucson Unified School District\u2019s Mexican American Studies Department have data showing that almost 93% of their students, on average, graduate from high school and 82% attend college.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Why is studying Mexican culture and history controversial? What is Ethnic Studies? Why is the national dropout rate so high for Mexican American youth 50%?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The Dos Vatos Productions team filmed a year in the classroom to find out why the Mexican American Studies program is so popular with students, so misunderstood by the public, and discover what actually happens in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE illustrates an epic civil rights battle as brave students and teachers battle with lawmakers and public opinion in an effort to keep their classes alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u00a0~ Documentary Plot Outline, Precious Knowledge Facebook Page \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To find out more see check out the Precious Knowledge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/preciousknowledge\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, the OSU Library was sure to purchase a copy of the DVD and it is now available for check out!\u00a0 Media 5th Floor\u00a0(GN307.85.U6 P73 2011)<\/p>\n<p><!-- available.tag end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cover of &#8220;Precious Knowledge&#8221; DVD On October 18th dozens of OSU community members gathered to view the documentary &#8220;Precious Knowledge: Arizona&#8217;s battle over Ethnic Studies&#8221; and the filmmaker Eren Isabel McGinnis and special guest Curtis Acosta answered audience questions after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/2011\/11\/02\/preciousknowledgedvd\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6078,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1329592],"tags":[2683,3552,1157427],"class_list":["post-1831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oma","tag-film","tag-latinoa","tag-protest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6078"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}