A new law in Arizona prevents schools from "offering courses at any grade level that advocate ethnic solidarity, promote overthrow of the US government, or cater to specific ethnic groups." Any school that does not follow this law will lose their state funding. This makes it illegal for many students in Arizona to learn about their own heritage. This law was made to look like an education reform bill and therefore was allowed to be passed. Also, the Arizona Department of Education has also announced that it will no longer allow teachers with foreign accents to teach English.
I find these latest regulations to be absurd and cannot believe that they are actually being instated in America. Especially with Arizona already having the anti-immigration law, they really do not seem to be a very tolerant state. The people who created this law feel that the current programs of which they are banning promote these ethnicities to hate white people. While I do not know exactly what these courses do contain, I find it ridiculous that they are instating an all out ban on ethnic education.
Ryan Adams
Oh and I promise that I completed this earlier but left and just got back to see I never submitted it...please accept this.
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