LA School Teacher Fired for Being Too "Afrocentric"; Arizona Bill Proposes to Prohibit Teachings Critical of Western Civilizatio

by via Democracy Now

Thu, Jun 19, 2008 7:57AM

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 :We look at two cases of free speech in the classroom: Karen Salazar speaks out about her dismissal from the Los Angeles School District; historian Rodolfo Acuna discusses the Arizona bill that would ban schools from using some books, including Acuna's Occupied America: A History of Chicanos. [includes rush transcript]

Guests:

Karen Salazar, Dismissed teacher from Jordan High School in Watts, Los Angeles.

Rodolfo Acuna, Professor Emeritus of Chicano Studies at California State University at Northridge. He is the author of twenty-one books, including Occupied America: A History of Chicanos, and has been a social activist for fifty years.

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