Stolen Education Movie Screening

751 Campus Drive West,Tuscaloosa AL 35487

17 September, 2021

Description

Intercultural Diversity Center will host a hybrid screening of "Stolen Education" on Friday, September 17, 2021 at 7pm in person & on Zoom. The Intercultural Diversity Center will continue its Fall 2021 Social Justice Movie Series featuring Stolen Education: The Legacy of Hispanic Racism in Schools. As a 9-year-old second grader, Lupe had been forced to remain in the first grade for three years, not because of her academic performance but solely because she was Mexican American. She was one of eight young students who testified in a federal court case in 1956 to end the discriminatory practice (Hernandez et al. v. Driscoll Consolidated Independent School District), one of the first post-Brown desegregation court cases to be litigated. “Stolen Education” portrays the courage of these young people, testifying in an era when fear and intimidation were used to maintain racial hierarchy and control. The students won the case, but for almost sixty years the case was never spoken about in the farming community where they lived despite its significance. Participants will learn about the inner workings of the judicial system in relation to Mexican Americans and how Mexican Americans are treated in some educational settings. This screening will take place on Friday, September 17, 2021 at 7pm in the Intercultural Diversity Center (Ferguson 2100). A hybrid model of this program will be provided for all participants to engage virtually through Zoom. For more information, please contact the Intercultural Diversity Center at [email protected]. Dr. Christine Taylor Vice President and Associate Provost of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion