March 20, 2008

Cara Fitzpatrick/PBP spins Mexican government textbooks in St. Lucie Florida schools (Michael Lannon)

Cara Fitzpatrick of the Palm Beach Post offers "Mexican official to give St. Lucie Spanish-language textbooks". This is yet another example of the Mexican government working with useful idiots and supposed Americans with divided loyalties to push their agenda inside the U.S. And, aside from briefly alluding to a past controversy (more below), Fitzpatrick completely fails to note any of the downsides of this scheme:

The St. Lucie County School District and the Consulate General of Mexico in Miami [Consul General: Juan Miguel Gutierrez Tinoco] plan to announce Monday a plan to distribute free Spanish-language textbooks to five schools, create some sister-schools and, perhaps, expand after-school tutoring options for parents with limited English-speaking abilities.

"We're very excited about this alliance we've created," said Ginger Miranda, chairwoman of the Hispanic Advisory Council [which pushed the partnership]. The council, made up of community members, advises the district about issues related to the Hispanic community.

Miranda is a (non-immigration) attorney in Fort Pierce, Florida, and originally from Chile (gingermiranda.com/?page=attorneys). In the future, they may use materials from Mexico's Plazas Communitarias program, which is similar to a GED program for adults.

The HAC was formed by Schools Superintendent Michael Lannon, who appears to be quite the far-left useful idiot. From the minutes of one of their meetings:

Mr. Lannon expressed his thanks to the Council members for their gift of talking about humanity and diversity in St. Lucie County.

And, from the other controversy, where they apparently want to use public funds to teach under the Plazas Communitarias program (but with the Mexican government itself handing out the diplomas), he said:

Nothing but positive news can happen as a result of this.

Those in the area who want to do something about this should find objectionable passages from the textbooks, which include history books that may present things from Mexico's point of view. Then, hold school administrators and politicians accountable by pointing out those passages at public meetings, starting recall drives against those politicians as necessary, and in any case trying to discredit them to the greatest extent possible. And, especially concentrate on Lannon, and let other administrators in the area know about your efforts to drive him from office.

Related:
Anna Gorman/LAT on Mexican adult schools operating at U.S. public schools
Esmeralda Bermudez spins Mexican textbooks in Oregon public schools
Mexico's propaganda textbooks promoted
Useful idiot watch: Minnesota gets Mexican propaganda textbooks
Beware of the Mexican government bearing gifts

Posted to Immigration2008a at March 20, 2008 01:18 PM