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January 17, 2012

Tucson School District Releases List of Banned Ethnic Studies Books, Includes Shakespeare 
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In news from Arizona, Tucson school district officials have released an
initial list of books to be banned from the school system following last
week's vote to suspend the district's acclaimed Mexican American Studies
program due to a state ban on the teaching of ethnic studies. The banned
books include "Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years," edited by Bill
Bigelow and Bob Peterson; Shakespeare's play "The Tempest"; "Pedagogy of
the Oppressed" by Paulo Freire; "Occupied America: A History of
Chicanos" by Rodolfo Acuña; and "Chicano!: The History of the Mexican
Civil Rights Movement" by F. Arturo Rosales. Salon.com reported teachers
have also been informed to stay away from any books where "race,
ethnicity and oppression are central themes."



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