In a preliminary vote Wednesday morning, the Texas State Board of Education unanimously rejected a controversial textbook, Mexican American Heritage, which had been submitted for use in Texas public schools.
#TXBOE committee votes 14-0 to reject controversial Mexican American Heritage book, as well as books submitted by Red and Black publisher.
— Texas SBOE (@TXSBOE) November 16, 2016
The final vote is slated for Friday. The textbook had been plagued with complaints that it was filled with errors and offensive descriptions that Mexican-Americans were lazy and drunkards. Wednesday’s vote was 14-0 with board member David Bradley, of Beaumont, absent.
On Tuesday, the CEO and publisher of Momentum Instruction, Cynthia Dunbar, had defended the textbook.