Professor Nolan L. Cabrera reads and discusses his book “Banned! The Fight For Mexican Studies in the Streets and the Courts”.

Before the attacks on Critical Race Theory and DEI, the state of Arizona banned the highly successful Tucson Unified School District's Mexican American Studies Program. This book talk will tell the unbelievable, true story of the resistance to this state-sponsored racism - offering guidance about navigating the current repressive times.  

Dr. Nolan Cabrera is a nationally-recognized expert in the areas of racism/anti-racism, Whiteness, and Ethnic Studies. He is currently a Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona, and was the only academic featured in the MTV documentary White People. He is the author of the award-winning book White Guys on Campus, and he was an expert witness in the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies case (Gonzalez v. Douglas) – the highest-profile ethnic studies case in the country’s history.  He has given hundreds of lectures, keynote addresses, and trainings, throughout the country. Dr. Cabrera recently published two books: Whiteness in the Ivory Tower (2024, Teachers College Press) and Banned! (2025, Cambridge University Press).