Ethnic Studies Program Banned

When viewing the Arizona School District majority is made up of Mexican-Americans. The ethnic studies program has been cut as well as any books containing "race, ethnicity, and oppression" as their main themes. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel is one of the many books banned from the curriculum. There are politicians who have even went to the extent of banning textbooks or certain materials from textbooks, which have been taught throughout the years. For example, "Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years" has been used for about 20 years and has recently been banned even though it contain a famous speech from Tucson author Leslie Silko. Politicians and district faculty are most scared of change. By that I mean minorities are trying to get educated through their roots and are trying to succeed. The ethnic studies program is helping them with many of these goals and they are ending up in college.