Overview
- A draft ruling by Minister Javier Laynez recommends granting an amparo to Lorenzo Córdova, suspending distribution of the free sixth-grade textbook Proyectos Comunitarios.
- The proposal also directs that volumes be reissued without Córdova’s derogatory 2015 remarks mocking an indigenous community.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum replayed the original audio at her July 29 briefing to underscore the urgency of confronting racism in Mexico.
- Sheinbaum argued that rejecting colonial caste mindsets and preserving uncomfortable historical episodes are essential to upholding dignity and diversity.
- The Supreme Court’s imminent final decision will determine whether textbooks can omit or must retain this episode of past discrimination.