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 * Arizona House Bill 2281, signed into law May 11 2010 reads: ** “ Public school pupils should be taught to treat and value each other as individuals and not be taught to resent other races or classes of people”. It prohibits courses that “promote the overthrow of the U.S. government; promote resentment toward a race or class of people; are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group; advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals” Courses provided for Native Americans (required by federal law) are exempted as are courses that deal with “the holocaust or any other instance of genocide, or the historical oppression of a particular group of people based on ethnicity, race, or class”

"To the students of Tuscon: I am in solidarity with you all because I strongly believe that Bill 2281 is full on nonsense. All students no matter what color of skin or no matter what race should be able to learn all types of history"
 * Here are excerpts from some of the letters that we sent in response: **

"Dear Superintendent Huppenthal, I would argue for my right to learn about things that I'm interested in. Your job is to have students learn things, not take it away from them."

"Dear Superintendent Huppenthal, You are denying the right for students to understand and learn their history. We find that very unfair and we feel offended. We hop you change your mind because you may not care but we do because we are also hispanic."

=**TAKE ACTION! You can also join or support Librotraficantes, the caravan to smuggle banned books into Tucson. This group will be traveling from Houston, Texas to Tucson March 12 to 18 carrying ‘contraband’ books and creating a network of underground libraries. **=


 *  The blog Banning History is collecting video testimony of people reading passages from the banned books. **


 * Watch Precious Knowledge and organize a screening in your community. And watch the premiere of //Precious Knowledge// on PBS May 17. **