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86. The Superintendent spearing-heading this oppression was on Amy's show today.

Wed Jan 18, 2012, 10:35 PM

Jan 2012

He's an ignorant right wing prick. He compared the internationally accaimed textbooks the program was using to Mein Kampf. I kid you not.

He also sat there and lied his @ss off. He said this is all about community control of the curriculum when his office is in Phoenix, not Tucson and nobody in Tucson was up in arms about this program. He lied about his own audit, which showed the program was not radical or biased and that it was effective. And of course, he lied about the teachers' behavior, making them out to be politically driven, which is ridiculous. Turns out this hack ran on "stopping la raza" which he incorrectly translates as "the race" and not "the people".

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/1/18/debating_tucson_school_districts_book_ban

The lawyer representing the program and the teachers was on the show, too.

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Tucson USD bans Shaekespeare's Tempest, Chicano Studies books [View all] L. Coyote Jan 2012 OP

It is so hard to imagine this!! roody Jan 2012 #1

Brave new world, indeed. EFerrari Jan 2012 #3

Huxley is probably banned, too. Orrex Jan 2012 #11

my first thought, too wordpix Jan 2012 #56

Um Scairp Jan 2012 #61

There is no typo in the title at the link. n/t EFerrari Jan 2012 #81

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

I grew up in that district. boppers Jan 2012 #7

Ethnic studies isn't about learning resentment. EFerrari Jan 2012 #8

Here's how I interpreted it, as it happened, in real time, with my peers, 20 some years ago: boppers Jan 2012 #9

Oh, and it wasn't "Ethnic Studies". boppers Jan 2012 #10

Mexican American studies are ethinic studies. EFerrari Jan 2012 #32

Yeah, but that's part of the legal problem... boppers Jan 2012 #43

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

Hebrew school is also an apt comparison. boppers Jan 2012 #74

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

I'm really not joking, sadly. boppers Jan 2012 #41

Lots of Divide and Conquer here CatholicEdHead Jan 2012 #64

Those guidelines make it unlawful to teach the Declaration of Independence. EFerrari Jan 2012 #67

I've spent ALOT of time in Arizona and I'm not suprised at all. Ecumenist Jan 2012 #5

Fascist freaks don't want any material on race, ethnicity or oppression. EFerrari Jan 2012 #6

Have they banned "To Kill a Mockingbird" yet? tclambert Jan 2012 #12

Those both usually get banned by idiot parents complaining anyway, so it might be redundant. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2012 #35

Here's the complete reading list for all the MAS courses. Bolo Boffin Jan 2012 #13

this is outrageous. barbtries Jan 2012 #14

These people have become cartoons of racists at this point. EFerrari Jan 2012 #26

and apparently barbtries Jan 2012 #31

I believe closer to 60. EFerrari Jan 2012 #33

29.6%, officially. boppers Jan 2012 #72

That's right. I don't know where I got EFerrari Jan 2012 #78

Instead, can't we all agree that we hate Nathaniel Hawthorne and pull his crap? sofa king Jan 2012 #15

You Have A Second For Canning 'The Scarlet Letter' Sir The Magistrate Jan 2012 #17

You know, I missed the book for the very same reason as you lunatica Jan 2012 #18

The movie had nothing to do with the book. Critters2 Jan 2012 #48

That happened to me with Romeo and Juliet. I still hate that play EFerrari Jan 2012 #23

Your English teacher didn't explain all the dirty jokes, did she? knitter4democracy Jan 2012 #28

Shakespeare has always been censored in some way, beginning EFerrari Jan 2012 #29

Sadly, all that's true. knitter4democracy Jan 2012 #59

The only thing the preachers hated more than boys in drag on the stage was the idea EFerrari Jan 2012 #66

That censoring is part of what made him so damn good. boppers Jan 2012 #73

The problem with your theory is, so did everyone writing in London EFerrari Jan 2012 #76

But that's his good piece! knitter4democracy Jan 2012 #27

Doesn't he refer to Indians in several passages? EFerrari Jan 2012 #30

Yes he does, and you might want to re-read it. knitter4democracy Jan 2012 #58

I've never taught this one, either. EFerrari Jan 2012 #65

Yup, it eliminates everyone. knitter4democracy Jan 2012 #68

What these people wanted to do was eliminate Mexican American studies. EFerrari Jan 2012 #69

Does required reading The Wizard Jan 2012 #16

Not yet but probably will 47of74 Jan 2012 #20

The district motto on Twitter: "We're transforming education" EFerrari Jan 2012 #24

Did the school district give any reason for banning the Tempest? Mass Jan 2012 #21

One of the sources for The Tempest is an account EFerrari Jan 2012 #25

So they ban it because of one way that it **MIGHT** be interpreted? baldguy Jan 2012 #85

The Superintendent spearing-heading this oppression was on Amy's show today. EFerrari Jan 2012 #86

They're accomplishing what they set out to do. Wait Wut Jan 2012 #22

or gejohnston Jan 2012 #50

Rebel flags shaped like Florida??? Wait Wut Jan 2012 #51

Thanks for the Link Shakespeareana Jan 2012 #90

Is that your site? Wait Wut Jan 2012 #91

We read part of the King James Bible in English AP in public school TheCruces Jan 2012 #93

That would be acceptable, as well, but... Wait Wut Jan 2012 #94

Actually, it's pretty standard in AP, due to Biblical allusions in a lot of other works TheCruces Jan 2012 #95

You just reminded me... Wait Wut Jan 2012 #96

K&R Solly Mack Jan 2012 #34

It's a great list of books mainer Jan 2012 #36

the state ORDERED the elimination of MAS? on what grounds? niyad Jan 2012 #37

The Tempest? WTH? mistertrickster Jan 2012 #38

The Tempest is frequently associated with postcolonial theory fishwax Jan 2012 #70

Agreed. But I'm surprised that any school board would know that, heh. nt mistertrickster Jan 2012 #80

From these idiots point of wiew Mz Pip Jan 2012 #39

Not even the white point of view... the view of those that "won" Smilo Jan 2012 #40

I suspect you are right Mz Pip Jan 2012 #42

The law forbids teaching resentment of *class*. boppers Jan 2012 #44

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

Also, sulphurdunn Jan 2012 #46

This is aimed at the captive audience, not at the people with means EFerrari Jan 2012 #63

They are making sure there is no liberalism in education, PERIOD! L. Coyote Jan 2012 #53

Okay then atreides1 Jan 2012 #47

I assume Othello is out, too. Critters2 Jan 2012 #49

Othello, Titus, MacBeth, Henry 5, Antony & Cleopatra, Merchant of Venice, all the good comedies EFerrari Jan 2012 #62

So Dickens and Steinbeck are out I take it. MattBaggins Jan 2012 #99

Yep. Also Fiitzgerald, Willa Cather and Hermann Melville. EFerrari Jan 2012 #100

Two books all Americans should read are on that list: LuckyLib Jan 2012 #54

K&R DeSwiss Jan 2012 #55

pathetic. revolting. outrageous. fishwax Jan 2012 #71

The kids should mount a marathon Tempest EFerrari Jan 2012 #75

This is not eduction. It's re-eduction like North Korea does in the 'camps' lunatica Jan 2012 #79

Conflating two categories of topics/books. Igel Jan 2012 #82

Untrue stevekatz Jan 2012 #83

But the MAS teachers cannot use them to teach. EFerrari Jan 2012 #87

TUSD denies banning books associated with Mexican American Studies Newsjock Jan 2012 #84

Right. They didn't ban the books. They just shut down the classes and forbade their use. EFerrari Jan 2012 #88

Pol Pot would be so proud of Tucson... BeHereNow Jan 2012 #89

Like George Carlin said in one of his great routines, Guy Montag Jan 2012 #92

TUSD response: Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #97

Personally, christx30 Jan 2012 #98