MBEV recently featured a post on the ethnic studies ban that has been imposed upon the students of Arizona. The books written by Chicano and Native American authors were removed from the classroom and have been taken to a depository.
The South West Organizing Project in response to the current ban and the overall climate of fear and scapegoating of the people of color in Arizona, is offering the book 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures, edited by Elizabeth Martinez at a 50% discount to Arizona residents, and will give it for FREE to any Arizona Student who requests the book by sending a letter describing why they think that the teaching of Chino and Native American history accurately to young people is essential.Many Arizona students have already shown their disapproval of the ban, as hundreds walked out class and marched on the Tuscon Unified School District's headquarters earlier this week.
You can read the full story on El Grito de Nuevo Mexico.
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