FLASHPOINTS

Carlos Muñoz, photo by Claudio Gonzales

Today on a special edition of Flashpoints we celebrate Cinco de Mayo, which marks the defeat of French forces on May 5th 1862 by an ill-equipped rag-tag army of Mexican Indians and Mestizos. Joining us to help understand the significance of the holiday and the ongoing battle for ethnic studies is Dr. Carlos Munoz, one of the pioneers in ethnic studies and Chicano studies in this country. Also we will be joined by American Indian movement founder Bill Means who will help us remember who Geronimo really was and also talk about the disrespect heaped on the Native American community in the context of the killing of Osama Bin Laden. And we will be joined by Lelani Clark to talk about the ongoing struggle against the ban on teaching Mexican American Studies in Tucson. I’m Dennis Bernstein with Miguel Gavilan-Molina all this straight ahead on flashpoints stay tuned.

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Guests:

Bill Means, remembering Geronimo/Bin Laden

Lelani Clark fighting the ban against ethnic studies.

Dr. Carlos Munoz professor emirates UC Berkeley Ethnic/Studies Pioneer.