> From: Western History Association
> Date: May 16, 2012 10:27:38 PM
> Subject: WHA Letters on Tucson
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> May 16, 2012
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> To Members of the Western History Association:
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> Recent events in Arizona have raised troubling questions about how American history is being taught in the Copper State.  The Tucson School Board has eliminated Mexican American studies from the school curriculum and banned certain books because they ostensibly promoted racial or ethnic divisions or somehow failed to promote good citizenship.  In the context of the state legislature’s recent immigration law it is not surprising that the Tucson School District’s recent actions have caused alarm to our membership.  Therefore, I asked the Committee on Race in the American West (CRAW) to issue the statement that accompanies this letter.  The Council supports the CRAW statement.  This letter is meant to explain the Council’s thinking on the matter.