The money and the message.The money and the message. Stanford students voted to cut $40,000 in funding for MECHA MECHA Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan) , a national Chicano Chi·ca·no n. pl. Chi·ca·nos A Mexican American. [American Spanish chicano, dialectal variant of mexicano, Mexican, from México, Mexico. student organization, after the school's conservative newspaper ran articles describing nationalist statements in the group's founding documents as "racist." Sounds to us like the Stanford Review is getting some talking points from the National Review. The money for the 2004-2005 school year would have paid for such racist activities like Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo (Spanish; “Fifth of May”) Mexican holiday commemorating the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. The French army, better-equipped and far larger than the Mexican army, had been sent by Napoleon III to conquer Mexico. . Got a rant or a rave? Email it to us at colorlines@colorlines.com. |
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