I'm not sure why this is going in place, as your listeners know, racist former sheriff, Joe Arpaio's tent city was torn down recently. Jan Brewer is no longer in office. She is the former Arizona governor who signed this law into place, as well as the show-me-your-papers law. Why are their legacies, of their racists laws, still in place? You know, it would be wise for Arizona to drop this case. And I'm hoping we can still believe in the courts. I'm hoping this can be overturned. I'm hoping they can implement it.
But here's the good news, in the course of that time, in Texas, I've actually submitted a textbook for Mexican American Studies in Texas. In California, as your listeners enjoy, now some major high school districts require students to take Ethnic Studies before graduating. And [in] Hawaii they've implemented Ethnic Studies.
So, it's time for Arizona to foster a curriculum that promotes a multicultural [view]. That's what's at stake in the Tucson courtroom right now. And people need to pay attention to it. I think it's going to be several months before they come up with a decision. But it's going to be a few months where they actually go over all the details, and all the evidence.
DB: Alright, well we're going to leave it right there. But how do people get more information about Librotraficante, what you all are doing, maybe they want to participate.
TD: That would be beautiful. If they go to librotraficante.com, they can see, if they click on the tab that says "Banned" they can get a list of all the books that were on the curriculum. I'm sure some of their favorite authors are on there. They can also click on Underground Libraries to find out where all the underground libraries are. There's actually even more underground libraries, but they are so underground that they're not listed on it. These other ones are at communities centers that people could volunteer at. Keep the books too. And then on Facebook, we will be posting updates on what's going on in the courtroom.
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