It's Time for Arizona's School Board to Implement a Court's 2017 Raza Studies Ruling in Good Faith

It's Time for Arizona's School Board to Implement a Court's 2017 Raza Studies Ruling in Good Faith

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Despite a favorable 2017 court decision, the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) school board continues to refuse to abide by a historic ruling against the state of Arizona in regards to the 2010 legislation HB 2281. This Orwellian legislation outlawed the teaching of courses that promoted segregation or race hatred; it fined any Arizona school district that was found to be out of compliance 10 percent of its budget.

The court found that the state was motivated by racial animus in the passage of the anti-Ethnic studies proposition. Rather than abiding with the decision, other school board members are proposing Latino or Hispanic studies in place of Raza or Mexican American studies. FOR THE REST OF THE COLUMN, GO TO: http://buzzflash.com/…/it-s-time-for-arizona-s-school-board…

*** IMPORTANT NOTE: As part of this continuing struggle, many of the mostly young women who took direct action, including: getting arrested after HB 2281 was signed in 2010; taking over the school board on April 26, 2011; and getting arrested at the highly militarized meeting on May 3, 2011, are being honored as part of the MAS Women's Plaza Honorees Campaign Project at the University of Arizona. Initially, some 2 dozen students, community members and elders are being honored with a brick in their name. Kim Dominguez, who herself has already been honored at the Plaza, is coordinating this campaign. Please contribute so their roles in history are not disappeared. About half the funds needed have already been raised! Donations are 100% tax deductible and there is no minimum. Just select N/A or Gift! THIS is precisely how you pass the mic and leverage your resources.
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