Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

February 9, 2012

Noam Chomsky Tucson: Mexican American Studies ban an international disgrace


While Professor Noam Chomsky was in Tucson this week he was asked about the Mexican American Studies ban.
By DA Morales
Three Sonorans
http://tucsoncitizen.com/three-sonorans/2012/02/08/video-noam-chomsky-calls-tusds-ban-on-mas-an-international-disgrace/
He gives a historical context for why this is wrong, stating that this is Mexico but was taken away by a war of aggression by the United States.
The borders used to be more open, but it was under Democratic president Bill Clinton who in 1994 started militarizing the border as NAFTA began, and this is a big part of the current anti-Mexican (anti-Latino) movement taking place in Arizona.
He called the banning of books in TUSD “reminiscent of Nazi Germany” and the MAS ban an “international disgrace.

2 comments:

chauncey28 said...

It's not Mexico anymore, get over it.

D. Montano said...

Wow! What an eloquent response!