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Arizona Legislature Passes Bill Banning Ethnic Studies Programs
foxnews.com ^ | April 30, 2010

Posted on 04/30/2010 6:49:06 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012

After making national headlines for a new law on illegal immigrants, the Arizona Legislature sent Gov. Jan Brewer a bill Thursday that would ban ethnic studies programs in the state that critics say currently advocate separatism and racial preferences.

After making national headlines for a new law on illegal immigrants, the Arizona Legislature passed a bill Thursday that would ban ethnic studies programs in the state that critics say currently advocate separatism and racial preferences.

The bill, which passed 32-26 in the state House, had been approved by the Senate a day earlier. It now goes to Gov. Jan Brewer for her signature.

The new bill would make it illegal for a school district to teach any courses that promote the overthrow of the U.S. government, promote resentment of a particular race or class of people, are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnic group or "advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals."

The bill stipulates that courses can continue to be taught for Native American pupils in compliance with federal law and does not prohibit English as a second language classes. It also does not prohibit the teaching of the Holocaust or other cases of genocide.

Schools that fail to abide by the law would have state funds withheld.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; az; education
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1 posted on 04/30/2010 6:49:06 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

GO AZ Fight On.


2 posted on 04/30/2010 6:50:27 AM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

i may have to move to AZ


3 posted on 04/30/2010 6:52:16 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Getting prouder and prouder of my (adopted) home state.


4 posted on 04/30/2010 6:53:30 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: ilovesarah2012

...good!...like women’s studies, ethnic studies are a waste of taxpayer money and a rip off of student’s tuition money...they’re worthless degrees.


5 posted on 04/30/2010 6:54:11 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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the Arizona Legislature sent Gov. Jan Brewer a bill Thursday that would ban ethnic studies programs in the state

Why are tax payer dollars being used to pay teachers of such useless subjects? Sack all teachers of these stupid “studies” and send them to San Francisco.

6 posted on 04/30/2010 6:54:25 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: ilovesarah2012

Wow, talk about a ROLL!

Go AZ!

Let’s see - what would be next on the list?
Banning affirmative action? Do we dare dream?


7 posted on 04/30/2010 6:54:38 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: STONEWALLS

They are PERFECT degrees for going into government.
You can bet that the left actively recruits people with these degrees to be in “civil service”.


8 posted on 04/30/2010 6:55:39 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I hope she signs it.

In my humble opinion, these “courses” should be forbidden and declared UNAMERICAN.

It’s fine and dandy to devote time to French, Japanese, Jamacian, Honduran, Rhodesian (yeah I know it’s now Zimbabwe), Ukranian HISTORY.

But these so-called courses are not about the past; they are carving out groups, not only in the future but in the here and right now. These are feeder operations for the grievance industry and we should stomp them out like a slow bug trying to cross the freeway.

And btw, ditto for the gender studies and the LGBT bunch.

Enough is enough.


9 posted on 04/30/2010 6:56:17 AM PDT by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: driftdiver

I may have to join you. Go Arizona!!


10 posted on 04/30/2010 6:56:46 AM PDT by Txngal
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To: ilovesarah2012

Battle on Xena!

I mean Arizona!


11 posted on 04/30/2010 6:58:56 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com << Get your science fiction and fiction test marketed)
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To: Daisyjane69

I agree. Let’s get back to educating students and not indoctrinating them.

Arizona is sounding better and better.


12 posted on 04/30/2010 6:59:09 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012
With all due respect to your username...

JAN BREWER FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!

This has got to be embarrassing for McCain.

13 posted on 04/30/2010 7:01:49 AM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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Whatever will the Dems so if the public are united Americans.


14 posted on 04/30/2010 7:01:56 AM PDT by pennyfarmer (Your Socialist Beat our Liberal)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I noticed that Barry was wearing a garlic necklace this morning. This sudden outbreak of raging good sense in the middle class must scare the poop out of our rulers.


15 posted on 04/30/2010 7:02:12 AM PDT by Hans
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To: ilovesarah2012

I think that AZ just topped TX as the state I would most like to move to.

Fight the power!


16 posted on 04/30/2010 7:02:48 AM PDT by snowrip (Liberal? You are a socialist with no rational argument.)
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To: ilovesarah2012
The new bill would make it illegal for a school district to teach any courses that promote the overthrow of the U.S. government, promote resentment of a particular race or class of people,

I wonder...does this bill also apply to the State Universities? If not, why not?

17 posted on 04/30/2010 7:03:49 AM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I’m really getting to love Arizona.


18 posted on 04/30/2010 7:05:23 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I think that AZ just topped TX as the state I would most like to move to.

Fight the power!


19 posted on 04/30/2010 7:05:26 AM PDT by snowrip (Liberal? You are a socialist with no rational argument.)
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...MrB....I stand corrected sir....you are exactly right...what better degree for a Leftist bureaucrat to have in say the Civil Rights division of HUD?


20 posted on 04/30/2010 7:06:06 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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