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Randall Amster J.D., Ph.D., Truthout: "While much condemnation has rightly been expressed toward Arizona's anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, a less-reported and potentially more sinister measure is set to take effect on January 1, 2011. This new law, which was passed by the conservative state legislature at the behest of then-School Superintendent (and now Attorney General-elect) Tom Horne, is designated HB 2281 and is colloquially referred to as a measure to ban ethnic studies programs in the state. As with SB 1070, the implications of this law are problematic, wide-ranging and decidedly hate filled."

http://www.truth-out.org/arizona-bans-ethnic-studies-and-along-with-it-reason-and-justice66340



Ethnic Studies Classes Illegal in Arizona as of January 1

Lourdes Medrano, The Christian Science Monitor: "A controversial Arizona law targeting ethnic studies in public schools will take effect come midnight.... The law bans classes that promote the overthrow of the United States government and resentment toward a race or class of people. Also outlawed are courses designed primarily for students of a particular ethnic group and those that advocate ethnic solidarity rather than treat students as individuals. In Arizona, critics claim that the law ? along with the partially suspended immigration law ? threatens to make the state a "new South" of discrimination against minorities."

http://www.truth-out.org/ethnic-studies-classes-illegal-arizona-jan-166457

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More states following Arizona on Know-Nothing appeasement

Bloomberg News

12/29/10

Arizona?s get-tough approach to illegal [sic] immigration has sparked court challenges likely to take years to resolve. Randy Terrill, a Republican state lawmaker from Oklahoma, won?t be waiting to see what judges decide. Terrill is among dozens of state legislators drafting measures that match or go further than the Arizona law, which requires police to check the immigration status of people stopped for questioning...

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