Forget the Alamo unravels a Texas history made of myths, or rather, lies
By Nic Yeager, Texas Observer
San Antonio's ‘Queen of the Accordion’ is still forging her own path
Tags: Eva Ybarra, San Antonio musicians, conjunto, Tejano, Iliana Vasquez, Texas arts funding, San Antonio, folk artists, guitarrón, corridos, La Reina del Acordeón, Queen of the Accordion, Texas State Musician, David Ybarra, Tex-Mex, South Texas, Texas music, Eva Ybarra Y Su Conjunto, National Heritage Fellow, National Endowment for the Arts
Tags: Forget the Alamo, Alamo, San Antonio, Texas history, slavery, whitewashing history, Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of An American Myth, Penguin Press, Jim Bowie, William Barret Travis, Davy Crockett, Texas Revolution, 1836 Project, Tejano history, Chicano history, “critical race theory” bill, American Historical Association, Walt Disney, John Wayne, Gov. Greg Abbott
The Western’s long glorification of oppression
Tags: Westerns, movies, film criticism, racism, oppression, John Wayne, Wild West, Texas, Texas Ranger, The Searchers, The Wild Bunch, Concrete Cowboy, Nomadland, Chloé Zhao, The Rider, No Country for Old Men, Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained, native Americans, Dances with wolves, spaghetti westerns
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