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In Tucson this week for a statewide lecture tour, internationally celebrated linguist Noam Chomsky referred to Tucson's removal of Mexican American Studies books and curriculum materials as an "international disgrace."

Jeff Biggers: As Arizona Moves Bills for Guns and Bibles in Classroom, Tucson Teacher Calls for Return of Banished Books: Interview With Norma Gonzalez Jeff Biggers 2012

In Tucson this week for a statewide lecture tour, internationally celebrated linguist Noam Chomsky referred to Tucson's removal of Mexican American Studies books and curriculum materials as an "international disgrace."

Jeff Biggers: As Arizona Moves Bills for Guns and Bibles in Classroom, Tucson Teacher Calls for Return of Banished Books: Interview With Norma Gonzalez Jeff Biggers 2012

In Tucson this week for a statewide lecture tour, internationally celebrated linguist Noam Chomsky referred to Tucson's removal of Mexican American Studies books and curriculum materials as an "international disgrace."

Jeff Biggers: As Arizona Moves Bills for Guns and Bibles in Classroom, Tucson Teacher Calls for Return of Banished Books: Interview With Norma Gonzalez Jeff Biggers 2012

In Tucson this week for a statewide lecture tour, internationally celebrated linguist Noam Chomsky referred to Tucson's removal of Mexican American Studies books and curriculum materials as an "international disgrace."

Jeff Biggers: As Arizona Moves Bills for Guns and Bibles in Classroom, Tucson Teacher Calls for Return of Banished Books: Interview With Norma Gonzalez Jeff Biggers 2012

According to the federal legal complaint filed by ethnic studies advocates and teachers this fall, the state's then-school superintendent Tom Horne declared that the Mexican-American Studies Department of Tucson's No. 1 unified school district "promotes the overthrow of the United States Government."

Michelle Chen: Ethnic Studies Ruling Escalates Arizona Schools Struggle Michelle Chen 2011

Domínguez added: Were Tucson's MAS program to be dismantled, there would be a great loss in the community, especially by those who need it most--the youth.

Jeff Biggers: Arizona 2012: New Leaders With Ethnic Studies Caravan Will Move On and Flourish, Barking Dogs Will Fade Jeff Biggers 2011

And Diaz is behind the Librotraficante movement, arguably the most creative of responses to the Tucson's School District's controversial decision.

Paula Beltrán: The Librotraficante Behind the Movement to Smuggle "Wetbooks" Back Into Arizona Paula Beltrán 2012

Working her way through college, the Ethnic Studies alumni anticipated state administrative Judge Lewis Kowal's ruling to uphold Arizona's bizarre ban against Tucson's acclaimed Mexican American Studies program.

Jeff Biggers: Arizona 2012: New Leaders With Ethnic Studies Caravan Will Move On and Flourish, Barking Dogs Will Fade Jeff Biggers 2011

And Diaz is behind the Librotraficante movement, arguably the most creative of responses to the Tucson's School District's controversial decision.

Paula Beltrán: The Librotraficante Behind the Movement to Smuggle "Wetbooks" Back Into Arizona Paula Beltrán 2012

The judge decided that the curriculum used in Tucson's Mexican American studies programs was biased against white people, apparently because it advocates critical historical perspectives and emphasizes struggles of indigenous and Latino communities, as well as the links between that legacy and contemporary politics.

Michelle Chen: Ethnic Studies Ruling Escalates Arizona Schools Struggle Michelle Chen 2011