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« Declaración colectiva de alumnos y ex-alumnos del Programa de Estudios Centroamericanos en CSUN
Response to «History Matters.» By Dr. Harold Hellenbrand, Provost, California State University, Northridge »

A Collective Letter by Students and Alumni of the Central American Studies Program at Cal State Northridge

diciembre 1, 2013 por centroamericana

A Collective Letter from Central American Studies Students and Alumni at California State University, Northridge, in Response to Rudy Acuña’s “Los Muertos de Hambre: The War on Chicano Studies”

 

On Thursday, November 15, 2013, WE, Central American Studies Alumni and current students in the Central American Studies (CAS) program at California State University, Northridge, woke up to personal accusations spreading about two of our professors, Beatriz Cortez and Douglas Carranza.  These accusations were published in Rudy Acuña’s “Los Muertos de Hambre: The War on Chicano Studies.” This article has spread through social media, has been posted and reposted by the Chicana/o community, and by others that helped fund the Central American Studies Program but are no longer involved with any of its students.  Rudy Acuña makes derogatory accusations toward Professor Beatriz Cortez and Professor Douglas Carranza by calling them muertos de hambre interested solely on financial gains, accuses them of being a threat to Chicana/o Studies (CHS) at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and refers to them as colonizers with “an obsession to rewrite history and mask their privilege.” These accusations have been a direct hit to not only Professor Cortez and Professor Carranza, but also to the Central American Studies Program, current students, and alumni.

 

These remarks are in direct opposition to what we have learned in our classrooms in regards to government.  Let us not forget that there is a growing Central American community in the United States that has been a result of U.S-backed state-enforced terror, a historical understanding that we have come to learn in our classrooms.  Supporting the Peña Nieto government is something that we cannot fathom since we understand the historicity of right-wing governments within a political geographical perspective. In addition, the accusation of seeking to destroy CHS goes against the very aim of the program, which is to understand the diversity of cultures, ethnicities, experiences, and worldviews from an interdisciplinary global perspective.  In our program, we acknowledge our ancestors that have undergone a history of colonialism, while we aim at decolonizing our minds. Such aims, and accomplishments, could not and would not be put forth by individuals whose goal would be to colonize. These accusations are nowhere in line with the reality of the program and who better to assert this than the students that have proudly passed through the classrooms, have been involved with the Central American United Student Association (CAUSA), and have remained in contact with these dedicated professors, whom, if we may add, have never claimed to be the founders of the program. They have always given credit, where credit is due. As alumni and students, we have conversed about the accusations and stand united behind Beatriz Cortez, Douglas Carranza, the Central American Studies Program, the faculty, current students, and alumni, as we feel this is an attack to the heart of our Central American community. We find these accusations incredibly threatening to the future of our alliance with CHS students, as they cause separation and tension between the students of each program.

 

The program has been life-changing in not only teaching the histories of displacement and migration that we always yearned for, but also expanding our understanding of the transnational Central American community’s experience, their economic and cultural contributions, and the importance of placing at the forefront indigenous and afro-descendant communities who have historically been excluded. The ties and work we have created alongside these communities have been the most transformative for us in producing a passion for social change. This work is extensively documented via images, videos, flyers, podcasts, and essays that we have produced inspired by these multiple events. These exchanges have shaped our critical thinking and writing skills, which have been crucial in allowing us to continue our education towards advanced degrees. The Central American Studies Program has always prioritized our needs as students working on continuing our education into graduate school, or our decisions to seek a specific career path. They have always welcomed and opened doors for us, and have provided us with the support to follow what it is we are passionate about.

 

Our credibility and reputation as scholars has been challenged by someone with a lot of power in a community that has not taken the time to understand the intricacies of our program, our work, and our activism. We are not exclusive, rather we are inclusive and think of ourselves as communities with similar struggles. We are not against Rudy Acuña or his allies or CHS, we are thankful for the space they provided us to get the program to where it is now. But his intent to hurt our professors has created a chain reaction that has hurt us, the students, our program, and the university. We are not under the dime of Peña Nieto, and we most certainly are not under any other program, we are our own entity that once was supported by Rudy Acuña. We ask that he continue to respect our space that we have worked so hard to maintain, to make rightfully ours. By not doing so, he is silencing our voices, erasing our struggle, and destroying the dignity of our program.

 

Sincerely,

 

1. Susana Aguilar-Marcelo

2. Connie Alas

3. Robin Alfaro

4. Jason Alvarado

5. Alma Baez

6. Milagros Beltrán

7. Karen Bonilla

8. Jocelyn Bonilla-Ruiz

9. Armando Carrasco

10. Rosee M. Condor

11. Rigo Díaz

12. Jocelyn Duarte

13. Robby Duarte

14. Arturo Elías

15. Shahrazad Encinias

16. Aaron Rudy Flores

17. Luis Gallegos

18. Glenda García-Oliva

19. Albert Girón

20. Devora González

21. Josué A. Guaján Orellana

22. Vanessa Guerrero

23. Evelyn Guillén

24. Joanna Hernández

25. Jennifer Herrera

26. Miriam Joya

27. Cecia Juárez

28. María Lemus

29. Nelson Lemus

30. Stephanie Lemus

31. Moisés Linares

32. Elizabeth López

33. Ashley Luke

34. Stephany Magaña

35. Dayana Mendoza

36. Patty Mendoza

37. Nancy Menjívar

38. Cindy Monzón

39. Delia G. Morales

40. Julia Morales

41. Edward Murillo

42. Pedro Noé

43. Stephanie Olmedo

44. Fátima Orellana

45. José Roberto Orellana

46. Diego Ortiz

47. Osvaldo B. Ortiz

48. Cathie Pacheco

49. Carol Paniagua

50. Teresa Peña

51. Nancy Pérez

52. Luzita Pineda

53. Jenny Perdomo

54. Geraldine Ramirez

55. Julio Ramos-Beltrán

56. Randy M. Rodríguez

57. Diana Rivera

58. Ana Cecilia Rosas

59. Roberto Saravia

60. Cathy Smith

61. Maira Solis

62. Yuri Treminio

63. Amy Ulloa

64. Sharon Vargas

65. Mirna Maria Ventura

66. Karla Zapata

67. Cindy Zelaya

 

 

 

 

 

 

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