A case before the state's supreme court threatens to decimate ethnic studies programs in schools. by Tony Diaz
First, Arizona went after Chicanos.
In 2012, officials enforced Arizona’s ban of Mexican American Studies by walking into class rooms and in front of our young boxing up books by some of our most beloved authors.
Then Arizona went after African Americans.
On December 31, 2014, his last day in office, former Arizona Superintendent of Education Huppenthal served notice on an African American Studies course in Tucson Unified School District because the teacher used lyrics from KRS-One thus violating the law he helped write and enforce that prohibits courses that “promote the overthrow of the government” and/or “promote Ethnic solidarity.”
And then Arizona went after Asians.
n January of 2015, a judge from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals who was hearing the oral arguments against Arizona’s ban of Ethnic Studies asked the lawyer for Arizona, “Suppose you had a class in Chinese Language, one that helps Chinese students, would that be illegal in AZ?”
The lawyer for AZ answered, “Yes.”
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