Recently, I found out that my work is mentioned in a book that has been banned, in effect, from the schools in Tucson, Arizona. The anti-ethnic studies law passed by the state prohibits teachings that “promote the overthrow of the United States government,” “promote resentment toward a race or class of people,” “are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group,” and/or “advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.” I invite you to read the book in question, titled Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, so that you can decide for yourselves whether it qualifies.
In fact, I invite you to take on as your summer reading the astonishingly lengthy list of books that have been removed from the Tucson public school system as part of this wholesale elimination of the Mexican-American studies curriculum. The authors and editors include Isabel Allende, Junot Díaz, Jonathan Kozol, Rudolfo Anaya, bell hooks, Sandra Cisneros, James Baldwin, Howard Zinn, Rodolfo Acuña, Ronald Takaki, Jerome Skolnick and Gloria Anzaldúa. Even Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience and Shakespeare’s The Tempest received the hatchet.
to continue reading go to http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/18/anti-intellectualism-us-book-banning?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038
Helllo:
maybe if this teacher is so concerned with the quality of the content she is delivering she should write a book. then take this book and try and get it to be accepted as a teaching manual in a college or school district outside of her city. I think that this person is teaching hate for all races and is just as dangerous as any militant racist. America is not perfect and there is no place on the earth which is. So if you don`t agree with the way America is run you have to choices for which I can see you persueing. One move to the country of your choice which has the policies which you think are valid and right or try and become a team member of this country and consider your self an American and work for the good of ALL not just the good of the few. Racism is a sickness which blackens the soul and the ones who think they are the rightous are useually the ones we need to fear the most .