Chicano Nationalist Professor Fired Despite Student Protests of Censorship
by Michelle J. Nealy
Nov 20, 2007, 03:07

The teaching contract of a 25-year University of New Mexico instructor, who supports the secession of Southwest states to form an independent Chicano nation, is not being renewed despite protests from students who fear the university is stifling academic freedom.

Dr. Charles Truxillo, a longtime Chicano nationalist, contends his firing was due to his radical beliefs.

“I know that it is my beliefs because they cannot come up with any other reason. The administration said that they were looking for full-time tenure-track faculty. I qualify … Why isn’t a position being offered to me?â€