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Tireman's greatest problem with the San Jose school was not with the students, but with other educators. During the 1930s the majority of educators believed that African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans were racially inferior to whites and incapable of anything but the most rudimentary learning. To such educators, developing curricular programs especially for Spanish American and Native American students was a waste of time and money. These educators argued that the function of the school was to assimilate nonwhite cultures to a standard set by whites, and Tireman's attempts to provide special programs for Spanish speakers was viewed as corrupting educational standards. On the other hand local Hispanic politicians feuding with white authorities and the local police viewed the San Jose school as a form of white cultural colonization and often opposed Tireman. To meet the objections of these two groups of critics, Tireman became...
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