"Tucson Orders Closure of Mexican-American (Xicano) School Program"
Denying the teaching of HISTORY is a violation of human rights IMO. History is history and if you don't like your own history, then, that history damn well better be taught so its not forgotten and thus hopefully prevented from happening again. Therefore it is my opinion that the only person who resists this kind of history being taught is a wolf who intends to make you his meal and/or a racist who only wants THEIR idea of history being taught.
How fucking despicable. Shame on Arizona....
DemocracyNow.org - An Arizona administrator has ruled that the public school district in Tucson must end its acclaimed Mexican-American studies program for grades K-12, saying it violates a new state law that bans the teaching of any class designed for a particular ethnic group or that "promote(s) resentment toward a race or class of people." But the program's supporters say the classes push the district's largely Latino student body to excel academically while teaching them long-neglected perspectives.
Democracy Now! speaks to Tucson Mexican-American history teacher Lorenzo Lopez and his daughter, Korina, a high school sophomore. Both are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit to stop the ban from taking effect. Also interviewed is Dr. Rodolfo Acuña, author of "Occupied America: A History of Chicanos," considered the definitive introduction to Chicano history in the United States. Dr. Acuña warns copycat laws are likely to follow in other states as part of a growing campaign against ethnic studies programs, in particular Chicano studies, throughout the country.
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