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In reply to the discussion: Tucson USD bans Shaekespeare's Tempest, Chicano Studies books [View all]DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)55. K&R
You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught!
~South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein
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Decades ago they were pulling books off school shelves, and the country seemed so primitive.
Judi Lynn
Jan 2012
#2
That school district is under federal supervision. What is Holder waiting for, anyway.
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#4
Here's how I interpreted it, as it happened, in real time, with my peers, 20 some years ago:
boppers
Jan 2012
#9
To really understand the intent of the law, look who voted for it and passed it!
L. Coyote
Jan 2012
#52
Your little brother should consider the comparison is not to Germany teaching Aryan studies
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#60
There is no question that MAS is taught in the context of dominant white culture.
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#77
"learning that your ancestors were raped and murdered by waves of European ...
L. Coyote
Jan 2012
#19
Those both usually get banned by idiot parents complaining anyway, so it might be redundant. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jan 2012
#35
Instead, can't we all agree that we hate Nathaniel Hawthorne and pull his crap?
sofa king
Jan 2012
#15
The only thing the preachers hated more than boys in drag on the stage was the idea
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#66
Actually, it's pretty standard in AP, due to Biblical allusions in a lot of other works
TheCruces
Jan 2012
#95
Agreed. But I'm surprised that any school board would know that, heh. nt
mistertrickster
Jan 2012
#80
the kids can see the difference between the haves and have nots, books or no books
wordpix
Jan 2012
#57
They are trying to slow down the inevitable by blocking the education of Latino kids.
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#45
Othello, Titus, MacBeth, Henry 5, Antony & Cleopatra, Merchant of Venice, all the good comedies
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#62
Right. They didn't ban the books. They just shut down the classes and forbade their use.
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#88