When you look at the world around you
do you see happiness and peace
or drama with unnecessary things mixed in
do you see safe places
or do you see "oppression" and the government taking control over things
things like schools ?
Are you being told what you cannot read or learn ?
Well the students in Tucson Arizona are
You see there is a school district called "Tucson Unified School District"
and the government believes that they are breaking a law.
The schools in Tucson have different types of history classes
they are thought from different cultures' point of view.
A while back Arizona passed a law that said any class that teaches segregation or "Speech Hate" against other cultures or other "races" of people are not allowed, they are banned.
The government believes that this class called "Ethnic Studies" is breaking the law.
There's a couple things to say about this.
I'll start with this
First there are other classes bassed on different cultures
but yet the government is only attacking this one class
Now that just doesn't sit with me
because if they are trying to be "fair" they would be shutting down all the classes
not just this one
so my question to that is
What is the government of Arizona afraid of ?
They say they don't want people to be segregated
but what they don't understand is that this class is open to anyone who wants to take it
it's not like they are segregating students
it's not like they are stopping people from joining the class
What I want to know
is why they always teach history from the "white" perspective
but anytime anyone else wants to learn about something else
a different perspective
they aren't allowed
it makes me wonder what the government is trying to hide from us
The first amendment claims that we have freedom of speech
but do we really ?
or is it freedom as long as the government agrees
This Ethnic Studies class helps Latino students graduate
If you're a student,
thing about that
think about having people tell you that you're not going to make it
that you have no future
but then imagine people telling you that
and you graduating
proving them all wrong
how amazing would that feel ?
If you're a parent
think about seeing your child fight for something
but no matter what they do
they still don't succeed
then think about your child rising above expectations
and shocking people
your child has a chance to become something one day
The Ethnic Studies class helps that happen.
People tell students to stand up for what they believe in all the time
but when they do
they get told they are doing something against the law.
To su all that up:
The government in Arizona is banning a class and the books that it used
Teachers and students protesting
And people fighting for their rights and what they believe in
What are your opinions ?
How do you feel about this ?
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