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May 13, 2010

15 Arrested in Tucson Protesting Arizona Law Banning Ethnic Studies
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In other news from Arizona, fifteen people, including several students,
were arrested at the state offices of education in Tucson Wednesday. The
group was protesting Arizona Governor Brewer’s decision to sign a law
banning the teaching of ethnic studies in public schools. Meanwhile,
Judy Burns, president of the Tucson Unified School District’s governing
board, says she will not comply with the law. This is Isabel Garcia,
co-chair of the Tuscon-based Coalition for Human Rights and legal
defender of Pima County, Arizona.

Isabel Garcia: “These students here are here because they’ve got to
fight. They can’t legalized discrimination. They cannot legalize racism.
They cannot legalize the elimination of knowledge and classes that they
feel are important to them. And they’re very clear about what’s going on
in the state of Arizona. So they’re clearly fighting this entire police
state and toxic racist environment that we’re subjecting them to as the
state of Arizona. So these students are really clear. They’re not going
to go back.” (Video: Courtesy of Pan Left Productions)



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