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The Next Inquisition: Surprise, Fear and Fanaticism in Tucson's Ethnic Studies War
One of the little pleasures I have in life is waiting for the Saturday mail to bring The New Yorker to my door. Reading the magazine gives me a couple hours of escape; it is well-written and I can never predict the direction its conversations will take.
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For instance, this week (Jan 16, 2012) the Inquiring Minds section reviews “The Spanish Inquisition.” The article is introduced by a Monty Python sketch where one of the members of the group, Michael Palin, announces “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.”
The author Adam Gopnik explores the history of the institution, relating the lessons to today; taking it from “Torquemada[i] to Dick Cheney, and from Guantánamo to Rome,” asking where were the others “when Giordano Bruno is burned to death…”[ii]
The theme of the Gopnik piece is that society always looks to the past for symbols of cruelty which inevitably are based on “surprise, fear…and fanatical devotion.” The gestapo, the K.G.B., the Stasi share similar profiles. Gopnik includes Guantánamo and the “more than twelve hundred government organizations [in the U.S. that] focus on national-security concerns…they have a forebear in Torquemada and the men in the red hats.” Like in the past, today’s torturers always act with surprise, fear and fanaticism, covering their actions with excuses of regret and necessity.
Gopnik is not an apologist for the Inquisition, commenting on the work of a revisionist historian, he writes, “his mordant point is not so much that the Inquisition doesn’t deserve its reputation for cruelty as that its victims don’t deserve theirs for moral courage.” There is always complicity with cruelty in the name orthodoxy such as in the case of Arizona.
Anti-Semitism, racism, and fanatical nationalism are imbedded in the oppressors’ culture. “The Spanish Inquisition didn’t have any real interest in saving the Jews’ soul; they just wanted their houses and their money.” Thus, the purpose of the Inquisition was not to erase Jewish identity (or that of the Moslems) but to remove them as competitors.
This treachery can be compared to the abolishment of the Mexican Studies program in Tucson – civic leaders really don’t care if Mexicans go to school, just as long as they keep on making money off them and they learn what they want them to learn. Anti-Mexican feelings, racism and fanatical nationalism are imbedded in Tucson’s Torquemada culture. The truth be told, Latino identity a barrier to the inquisitors ends.
Acts of surprise, fear and fanaticism are hidden under the cover of regret and necessity. “The point of an inquisition is to reduce its victims to abstractions, and abandoning the effort to call their pain back to particular life…” Bruno’s sin was that he included a plurality of worlds with equal weight.
Even to this day the Pope says he is sorry that the Inquisition occurred. That is not acceptable to critics who want the Pope to say he is ashamed. Likewise it is not enough for society to say that it is sorry for slavery, and the lynching of blacks, browns and Asians. It is not enough to be sorry for keeping blacks and browns uneducated, society should be ashamed of it, just the same as Americans should be ashamed of Abu Ghraib, the pissing on the bodies of dead soldiers, the abolishment of the Tucson Mexican American Studies program, and the censorship of books.
In typical Torquemada fashion Tucson Unified School District inquisitors, Mark Stegeman, Michael Hicks, Miguel Cuevas and Alexandre Borges Sugiyama abolished the district’s highly successful Mexican American Studies program at the direction of the lord inquisitors in Phoenix. Now they are banning books.
Among the censored books are Leslie Marmon Silko, Rethinking Columbus, William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Paolo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Rodolfo Acuña's Occupied America, Arturo Rosales' Chicano!: The History of the Mexican Civil Rights Movement and Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic's, Critical Race Theory, in addition to a dozen other books.
Thus far, there has been no comment from the American Civil Liberties Union or progressives in the United States. Apparently they do not see the parallel in what is happening in Tucson, and what happened in South Africa under apartheid, the burning of the books by the Spaniards in Middle America, or, for that matter, Germany in the1920s and 30s.
Censorship is criminal. We live in a world of knowledge; books and education give us access to that knowledge; if we are deprived of it, the inquisitors deny us the right to make rational choices.
Arizona schools have abandoned its mission to educate students; they have intentionally denied Mexican American students access to knowledge. Consequently the Arizona bureaucracy has deliberately kept them in the fields, the mines and the prisons, hoping to deny them alternatives.
The purpose of critical thinking is to give students alternatives and to dispel myths and repel blind allegiance to those who deny them alternatives.
According to the late Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, “Censorship reflects society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.”
The motivation of the TUSD Trustees cannot be explained in terms of greed alone. It cannot be rationalized by culture alone. Money and personal gain play a role. “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition,” but it’s there.
Of the Tucson gaggle the only honest one is Hicks, who is openly a racist and limited intelligence. The failed scholar Stegeman is stuck on the promotion ladder. He’ll never make it to full professor without support of politicos. Sugiyama is a bad scholar and a worse teacher; his only chance for a full time position is to sell his posterior. The pitiful Cuevas just wants acceptance from rich white people in the city.
Monty Python and others can laugh at the fanaticism of the past; however, it is hard to laugh at today’s inquisitors. It is easier to turn the other way, La zorra nunca se ve la cola (The Skunk Doesn’t See Its Tail).
So, what can we do? We have no choice but to “Fight Back!”
[i] Tomás de Torquemada was the first Grand Inquisitor of Spain, appointed by the pope in 1483.
[ii] Giordano Bruno was an Italian 16th century Dominican friar who the Roman Inquisition found guilty of heresy for writing that the sun was not only the center of the universe but a star in a universe of other inhabited planets. Bruno was burnt at the stake.
46 Comments so far
Show All"One of the little pleasures I have in life is waiting for the Saturday mail to bring The New Yorker to my door."
Most intelligent readers will probably quit reading right there.
Don't suppose any of Rudolfo's ire is because one of the books being tossed out is his.
How about instead of public schools offering courses about each and every nationality, why not teach a one-year comprehensive course on American history with, in the case of Tucson, a special section on history of the Southwest.
Imagine Howard Zinn as the main text, and Instead of Rudolfo's book, perhaps include two by historian T. R. Fehrenbach, The Comanches, and Fire and Blood, a history of Mexico.
As in every other city in the U.S., in Tucson the public schools are in trouble, real trouble, but the reason is not because civic leaders don't care if Mexican Americans go to school. (Half the members of the governing board of the Tucson Unified School District are Hispanic American.)
In a time when our country goes in for real, honest-to-goodness torture, there are closer parallels with the Inquisition elsewhere than in the banning of this clown's book.
That's what comes of reading the New Yorker. You lose contact with the real world.
Three years ago in a library run by Americans in a Mexican expat community in Mexico i found in their discarded section the book "THE MEXICAN READER; HISTORY CULTURE POLITICS". This book was in perfect condition and i bought it for 10 pesos (80 cents) On one end of the pages was printed :PHOENIX PUBLIC LIBRARY" on the other end was printed "DISCARD" I will let this evidence speak for itself. ( this book was put out in 2002 by Duke University Press)
What the Inquisition and people like you have in common is….the fear to open the box. Once you let in the “light”, there is no going back to ignorance.
GollyGee, your racist bigotry is comming through loud and clear. "Over and Out".
Benny, anything specific lead you to believe that? You wouldn't be Rudolfo would ya?
Fess up. Does your heart pitter-patter every Saturday when the New Yorker arrives?
Like Acuna, I enjoy getting The New Yorker every week (since 1971) and The New York Review of Books (every two weeks). I guess I could read rags such as The Nation, or the Fifth Estate, or National Review, but I am used to well-written articles by intelligent writers.
Where I disagree with Acuna, is in the kinds of books the program he mentions used. Paolo Freiere and Critical Race Theory are a little heavy for high-school students.
But if the Latinos in Arizona are as abundant as it seems they are, eventually, they should be able to vote out of office the xenophobes who run the state now.
sheepherder, I too was long a reader of The New Yorker, which is owned by Conde-Nash, which is owned by Advance Publications, which is owned by the Newhouse family, and SI Newhouse is one of the richest men in the world.
While Newhouse is no Rupert Murdoch, a certain good-business-sense bias does seem to guide Newhouse publications. The magazine knows it's readership and is successful because it's careful not to alienate anyone or be too controversial. That's okay, as long as everyone is aware of that.
If deBuys book "A Great Aridness" is at all correct, before too many more generations the water is going to run out, and the last person to leave, Latino or otherwise, won't even have to turn out the lights
Thank you for the context. You are absolutely spot on.
Wilikers- you missed the entire central element of the piece- censorship is part and parcel of the authoritarian regime; you know,the torture thing you mentioned in your closing insult. Your practiced method of presenting your self as caring but in actuality both dismissing the author, and belittling a cogent description of the problems facing us is anything but caring about you, me, us. As for your recommendations about alternative texts- the point is if we do not defend the constitution, defend ourselves, any book-and any person- is in peril. You are very clever; you insult the author, deny the veracity of the problem, blame the victim, and categorically dismiss any who do not agree with you. Thanks for your input. You are a real scholar.
Aw shucks Post, I'm not a scholar at all, but yes, you're right, censorship is odious, and we can all be pretty sure the current know-nothing insanity gripping Arizona is at the heart of this. It's particularly sad this happened in "Torquemada" Tucson, traditionally, despite Rudolfo's hysteria, the most liberal and hispanic-tradition appreciative of Arizona's cities
(I admit I don't know how this came about and the author doesn't give much background, but on the bright side he's in good company with Shakespeare, which points out just how absurd this particular banning probably is.)
Still, Rudolfo's book is not banned in any inquisitional sense, and no student is going to have any trouble buying or reading it, and no one is going to be put to death for being caught with it. It just can't be assigned as required reading in the Tucson school district -- isn't this correct?
Distasteful, yes, but not in the same league as being burnt alive, and certainly in itself not indicative of a "New Inquisition" since school boards have been banning books and committing other idiocy since the beginning of time.
Let me try and track down a copy Occupied America (without paying any money for it) and see what the fuss is all about. Just the same, I don't have much hope for a writer who dotes on Gopnik.
No- You are not correct. The state of Arizona's leaders are intent on creating apartheid- the purpose of the book ban is to create the exact conditions you claim do not exist. It is designed to make it difficult to get the books in question, limit student access to them, create trouble buying it or reading it. You are creating straw men and dismissing the overarching topic of the piece- that censorship is part of the authoritarian regime. In case you are unaware I mention the fact that indeed we live in a totalitarian state, it exercises extrajudicial and illegal authority, it is indeed burning people 'alive' all over the world, and your attempts to derail the discussion are an opportunity to juxtapose the authoritarian mindset with a communitarian mindset. You are simple and plain, a racist sucker. We agree that you are not a scholar.
This thread is about dead, but maybe I can still help you think things through.
"...the purpose of the book ban is to create the exact conditions you claim do not exist."
Huh? So which is it? Do the conditions exist or are "they" trying to create them? You wouldn't be given to hysteria would ya? Ya know, just firing off in all directions.
I think agree with much of what you say, but you're kinda muddled and I can tell you're not a very good reader or clear thinker. Maybe you're a student, so I'll be gentle with you.
All those books are still in the Pima County libraries. They're on Amazon. Have you read any of them? If my high school banned those books that's the first thing I'd do. Your teachers aren't going to stop you.
Your heart's in the right place, but just the same, until you get your head on straight, you'll just be, as we say in Mexicano, "otra loca mas."
The conditions of totalitarianism do exist, and they are trying to codify them into the education system. I am not a student or prone to hysteria, so shove your condescending attitude up your racist ass. In case I am being muddled, I do not need you to be gentle, or for you to try and decipher my meaning, nor apply your editing skills. I was responding to your obfuscation, racism, and redirection of the topic in an attempt to damage the author's reputation and control the discourse. You are not the adult in the room, you are a childish lackey. As for your bullshit "Mexicano" phrase- I don't think you know what you are saying, in english or mexicano- whatever that is.
People's History is also on the banned list, smartass. And Freire and a fucking Shakespeare. What the hell are you talking about.
"And Freire and a fucking Shakespeare."
Hey, you wouldn't be that smiley-faced guy they used to call Silly? The happy one who used to sit down at the end of the bar at the Bashful Bandit out on Speedway? I knew it.
I'm not even American, asshole. I just reacted to your dumbass first post that seemed to try to obfuscate the whole issue based on your dislike of the writer of the article. My reply is related to the fact that your "idea" about using Zinn is also impossible because People's History is also on the list. So what exactly is your point? That disallowing these books is no big issue because they aren't using your brilliant idea for a curriculum anyway? Or do you think that Rudolfo's book is the only one on the list? Or do you just want to dismiss the importance of the issue (after all, it's not about burning people)? Or did your really not progress past your pre-judgment of Rudolfo based on him liking the New Yorker? No matter what, you don't seem to have a point at all except for dismissing the entire issue.
Just because part of an elite is Hispanic does not mean that it is not racist or classist, or that it cares for its people.
Were that the case, Hispanics in Hispanic countries would have little worries over who is fair or dark or gallego or indigenous -- or, for that matter, rich or poor. By and large, at least in US-dominated countries like Mexico, Panama, and Honduras, that is not the case.
Even if we assume, for the sake of argument, that the author is offended that his book is banned -- and I cannot see why he should not be -- that hardly means that straightforward censorship of information on the part of the school board is nto serious.
The fact that it certainly is not unique does not make it less serious, but more.
The probability that it very likely is less serious than the widespread use of torture by the US and its allies or the insistence of the US government that it may hold dissenters indefinitely and kill by fiat without explanation hardly means that it is not worthy of discussion or not worthy of a response, particularly by one of the authors who has been so unjustly attacked.
Just a technical issue, but I don't think you should mix up racism and "classism". There are two different things. "Classism" is not the same kind of "ism" as racism, so I don't think it's good in any way to mix them up. One is about a concrete set of *material* privileges; the other, mostly subservient to the first, is an exclusionary *ideology*. There are not on the same level at all. Racism mostly serves as a servant of the class structure, a tool of the ruling class; historically, it's mostly an ideology born to support white colonial and imperial expansion.
"Classism" is not an ideology. It's not like rich people are united in hating the poor so you can get rich simply by hating the poor Rich people are rich; poor people are poor; and the rich want to keep their riches (and most often the poor aren't nearly as united and organised for getting at rich people's money as the rich are, for several pretty obvious reasons). There's no need for ideology - except, of course, to rationalise the state of affairs after the fact, and all kinds of ideologies, from religion to market fundamentalism to racism can serve this purpose. "Classes" are reality - "races" are ideology. Of course this is an oversimplification, but from the point of view of general historical trends, material wealth is the most important factor.
Dear Rudolfo:
I am lucky enought to have the third editon of your book Occupied America 1988. You brought me light in the history of darkness. You helped set my course for the discovery of truth. Thank you.
And now do yourself a favor and read the better less polemical book by the true father of Chicano studies, Carey McWilliams "North From Mexico" . I have read them both when I took Mexican American studies at university. I threw Occupied America away and gave my treasured copy of North From Mexico to a dear Mexican American friend of mine. I truly believe with all my heart that Acuna is a very dangerous man, and that McWilliams is the true scholar and journalist of the two.
Acuna is an awful propagandist.
The "multicultural approach to education," at its most basic, means that every child's home culture is to be respected and welcomed--not demeaned or ignored--not only because this is an important part of respecting and welcoming the child herself or himself, but also for many other reasons, including the fact that children learn best when they are empowered to fully investigate, question, appreciate, and celebrate all things of value in their world, including the histories and cultures all around them, both those of their own families and those of their classmates and others in their communities. It is impossible to provide a high quality education to any group of children in a multicultural society if that education excludes such a basic multicultural framework. The "multicultural approach to education" is not an exclusive approach that excludes all kinds of best practices in teaching and learning--from differentiated instruction, to education informed by multiples intelligences theory and cognitive science, to many specific effective pedagogical practices, approaches, and methods that have been developed in the U.S. and around the world, from early childhood to adult education. Rather, multicultural education is compatible with classroom best practices of all kinds, as so many classrooms have demonstrated for many years now.
Having read Marjorie Cohn's piece on the U.S. prison gulag, after Mattis Chrioux's exposure of war porn, and now this... the contemplative mind asks how are these things made possible in Amerika today? One answer is that people don't know, don't believe these things are taking place, or are otherwise living lives akin to those suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. The MSM has so inverted Truth as to deliver very tainted versions of each of these phenomenon.
All of these serious transgressions are wrapped up and "sold" to at least some segment of the public under the guise that they will make citizens safer. Each of these sickening approaches relies on the idea that some people (and thus their ways) stand outside of what is right, secure, or good for Amerikans.
The only antidote to the sickening spread of Mars-ruled racism (and its attendant sin, jingoism) is teaching tolerance, a celebration of differences, the anti-authoritarian model that one size does not fit all. Our world is not designed with only one species of flower, or one type of reptile. It is beautiful and amazing because of its incomprehensible diversity.And a significant portion of that diversity extends to the human family.
Authoritarians push the one-size fits all to champion the white (male) Anglo-Saxon ways, presumptions, and mores as the ONLY ones fit for any society. The result is aggressive intolerance (to the point of forfeiting one's humanity) of Other.
It is so painful to learn of the increasing karmic sins of our nation knowing that these are going to boomerang back with a ferocity few can imagine. The best agency of mitigation is deliberate acts of goodness, generosity, and the spreading of ideals of brotherhood & sisterhood. OWS gets it, and thank the Goddess for that!
What's next, putting Hispanics in concentration camps and making them wear a Mexican flag on their arm?
Wait! it's already happening, at least the concentration camp part
They don't have to wear a Mexican flag on their arm because Arizona law requires the cops to inquire of their nationality if the cop suspects they might have Mexican blood, such as if they have dark hair or have a Hispanic surname.
zorra = fox
zorrillo = skunk
"This treachery can be compared to the abolishment of the Mexican Studies program in Tucson"
"In typical Torquemada fashion Tucson .... abolished the district s ... Mexican American Studies program at the direction of the lord inquisitors in Phoenix. "
Just when I thouight I had heard it all ! Now dropping a certain handful of courses at a high school is the equivalent of pulling fingernails out, stretching limbs until the joints pop out and the limb separates, red hot pokers to the eyes or genitals etc, things like the Inquisition and Torquemada did ????
Do you actually think any sane person could read your nonsense and not laugh out loud ?? Do you even believe it yourself ?
Pure Jackoff Mucus ---All of the things you attribute to the torture regime begins with and cycles thru the censoring of thought, of books, and in fact state governments are adopting these civil policies after 10 years of ( "... things like the inquisition and Torquemada did???") national state funded and sanctioned torture at prisons around the world. Just what is it you are laughing about? Are you a human being?
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Have you read Acuna's "Occupied America"? I suggest you do. He is an evil man and a propagandist. He supports a reconquest of the American Southwest. His type "pedagogy" is to incite civil insurrection amonst the latino population. So ironic he lumps anti-Semitism in his rant against the white people of Arizona trying to protect themselves form the inevitable violence Acuna's propaganda is bound to unleash someday. La Raza is chock full of anti-Semites, just check out La Voz de Aztlan.
And the violence his propaganda is "bound to unleash someday" is of course in no fucking way a response to the current state of affairs. It just happened by itself. There was no preceding history. It all just came out of the blue. And of course this coming Latino insurrection will come because of Acuna's book, and will have nothing whatsoever to do with current and historical conditions. I get it. So it is OK to keep on teaching only a basically white racist history, after all, there are some very dangerous people who are inciting an anti-white rebellion.
Rodolfo Acuna is a reverse racist and propagandist and he is NOT the father of Chicano studies, that honourable title goes to the very great journalist Carey McWilliams.
For those of you who haven't read it, pick up a used copy of Acuna's "Occupied America" preferibly an older edition where he admits that his polemic was "too angry" in one of the forewards. Then read McWilliams "North From Mexico" and compare the two and you will see that McWilliams is the better man and Acuna should not be allowed anywhere near young minds.
Thanks, but it is not a discussion of "who is the better man"; clearly you are not in the contest. Perhaps you can list the dangerous minds we should not allow near young minds, perhaps it would match the list form Arizona. It is not a discussion of who is the father of Chicano Studies, it is a discussion about totalitarianism/torture, it is a discussion about class structure and racism, it is a discussion about the threat this represents to us and our communities. It is about the rise of naked fascism and the concomitant state apartheid. Do you support apartheid?
READ THE TWO BOOKS FIRST. And it is ALWAYS a discussion of who is the better man. If it turned out that Acuna was closer to a Goebbels than a Thomas Paine wouldn't you want to know it?? And if reading North From Mexico opened your eyes to the naked bias in Acuna, wouldn't that be of importance to you too?
In scholarly JOURNALISM and HISTORY CAREY MCWILLIAMS is a BETTER WRITER, HISTORIAN AND JOURNALIST THAN ACUNA. North From Mexico will show you why Acuna's book SHOULD be banned from a K-12 curriculum. He is a propagandist and insurrectionist.
Justy come out and say it to start with: You are for totalitarianism, apartheid, and censorship- you are a traitor, you are violating your oath to defend the constitution. Your entire point is that we should ALWAYS place a value judgement on Who Is Better- how will we compare them if the dissenter is censored/oppressed? You are an agitator, add no value here in terms of critical thinking, ethics, or contribute to the exploration of the human condition. As for my library of books, I suspect you would advocate burning me along with them, just to protect the class structure (or as you put it " a K-12 curriculum") so I return your admonition to "READ....." with this: quit your job, be fearless choose love, rejoin humanity - it is not too late.
You are an ignorant fool or a troll. And certainly an assh-le. Find out who Carey McWilliams was and if you aren't a troll then you will apologize for the post you wrote above. Try to understand this simple point : Your "censored dissenter/oppressed " is a PROPAGANDIST and REVERSE RACIST. Huppenthal is correct to draw an analogy between Occupied America and Mein Kampf.
I am through with you.
Thanks alot.
P.S.Ana..! What? You're still here?
Now be honest, did you even try to read the post or any of the comments?
This is really about a guy who found a shuck being a Chicano by profession and who's glad to be used to drive a wedge between decent people for profit. If he didn't exist, those in power would have to invent him.
Believe me, the Rightwing Rustbelt Refugees up in Phoenix love him.
No this is about violations of the US constitution, about viloating our human rights. And the thread is about "2" posters deflecting off topic to discredit the discussion. You are clearly an agitator- Do you support censorship, or the US constitution? Do you think torture is a violation of the law? Do you support apartheid?
You are violating your oath to defend the constitution.
It seems you are an expert on "wedges" and divide and conquer.
Now be honest, it will seem to hurt you at first like fresh air on a wound, but it will gradually expose your heart again to the healing effects of love. Try it.
You obviously haven't even read any of the doctrinaire books these reports feature. Your positions are simply knee jerk parroting of PC talking points. READ THE DAMN BOOKS AND CONSIDER HOW THEY WERE BEING USED BY ACTIVIST INSTRUCTORS DISTORT K-12 students' minds!!! Or do you think INDOCTRINATION is OK as long as it's the extreme radical left that's doing it? Watch the Democracy Now! interview TODAY with the Tucson Superintendant Huppenthal who gives a CLEAR EXAMPLE of the type of anti-white biased INDOCTRINATION he himself witnessed in one of the "ethnic studies" classes he observed.
No- I am committed to protecting my human rights, to protecting the constitution. You are not- you are committed to destroying the constitution, to violating human rights..
This is not about your problems with the author of the article, this is about your commitment to class structure, and racism and apartheid are tools to achieve those ends. You are a traitor- YOU TOOK AN OATH TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED SATES, or was that just words you mouthed for the power and the paycheck?
Well put.
It's a bustling business for race hustlers.
The more perception of white racism, the more the "Chicano" goods are sold.
But, it's ambrosia to the self-loathing armchair libs......
A good article on much needed ethnic studies programs! I would even add one on European Caucasians. Yes, that's right. To understand where we are today, we must see how the dominant culture got so fouled up with mad hierarchal mind set and behavior making life so horrible for so many for the benefit of so few. How even the European stock was the target their own power elites' divide and rule plans. We must know the truth, and yes, "it will set us free" of this insanity and unsustainable way of life and behavior which will destroy us all if allowed to.
I don't really get what GollyGee is saying. Is this entire issue a non-problem? Or is it just about RA's book being "anti-white racist" or bad in general? I mean, I can understand if someone thinks that a particular writer's books are pedagogically bad and shouldn't be used in schools anyway, that is a valid point of view, although whether it should or shouldn't be disallowed in ethnic studies is a different question. But regardless of RA's books, what about the issue in its entirety? Is the disallowing of Zinn etc OK? Does also banning Acuna's books make it worth it or what?
Maybe there are some things we don't know, some pieces of information that would make us see this entire article in a different light, and I'd like to know what you're thinking, but none of his posts gives any actual, concrete information. If it's something we "should" know, it should be pretty easy to explain. Or at least give a fucking link.
Tbh I think the concept of "reverse racism", especially "anti-white racism" is pretty much bullshit, as it is a reaction, an opposition to quite obvious and oppressive racism of the dominant group, without which it couldn't really exist.
Golly Goo, Illogitech, and reddrubberdick, are here to discombobulate our community. They are so repetitive in method, and vernacular, I believe they are machine generated. Notice they will not respond when asked questions that require ethical or critical thinking. They are a collage of the oligarchs, the syntax is from military veterans, probably a vestige of the programmers personality. Also, they will not respond about oaths taken to defend of the constitution. Clearly hypocrites and agitators at best, machine generated personalities more than likely.
"Am I an Amurkan?" You're better bet your classist oriented society I am!