Basically, Arizona's new education bill passed last Thursday states to "make it illegal for a school district to teach any courses that promote the overthrow of the U.S. government or promote resentment of a particular race or class of people ". Until this point, everything its fine, in theory, this bill stands as an avant-garde law protecting and embracing individuality and respect for the fellow man. In addition, the new Huckleberry Finn editions censoring the "n-word" would definitely have a massive demand in the south western state cloisters considering the newly acquired sense of fraternity among its citizens and students.
Considering such moral exemplification, the writer would like to trace past bills passed by this state in an attempt to epitomize the morals of such an enviable state.
Oh.
Arizona Proposition 107 - "Was a proposed same-sex marriage ban." Did not pass by a margin of 3% points, bummer.
Arizona Proposition 102 - "Amendment to the constitution defining marriage as being between a man and a woman only." Oh, ok.
Arizona Proposition 103 - "Proposed amendment to the constitution to declare English the official language of the state" Intelligent indeed.
Arizona Proposition 301 - "Referendum on a proposal to make ineligible for mandatory probation persons convicted of offenses involving the use of methamphetamines." This is definitely wise too.
Oh, and I almost forgot:
The Arizona law
The Arizona Senate Bill 1070 or the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act was passed April 13 2010, for purposes of briefness, I am just going to quote two out of the many aspects the law possess.
-"Requirement that cops check a person's immigration status during traffic stops, detentions and arrests."
-"legal immigrants carry their citizenship papers at all times or face penalties and the provision making it illegal for an undocumented immigrant to have a job."
Helen Kennedy says "the law codifies racial profiling and legalizes the harassment of all Latinos, legal or not." Thing which is not very fraternal now, is it? Well, you are wrong if you think this whole blog is against the position of the noble state of Arizona when facing its domestic issues. The truth is, Arizona is indeed exemplary, (I am not taking political sides here, I am just proving a point). 20 other states are producing similar immigration laws, so I often find myself confused when reading the news since at the end, it comes to a deep and sincere hypocritical position from all citizens, and well, readers. The law itself does not defeat the purpose, which is to have strict surveillance on illegal immigrants, off course, some methods are "slightly crackpot" for the neoliberal philosophy everyone these days have, or pretend they have. The same happens with good ol' Huck. The dialect in the novel did not defeat the purpose considering it aided the piece to eventually become a literary standard portraying late 19th century America. I mean, come on, it was a mean to an end, that if accepting if it is unmoral in the first place. In order to not get involved with sensible debates, I am giving my final argument, (this all off course, isolated completely from the Arizona example, which was only to prove a point.) Theoretically, education is meant to be a practice in order to expand knowledge, broaden truths. The dialect and more specifically the "nigger" word conveys and makes up a relevant portion of the motifs of the novel, meaning that banning it would involve revoking a part of its essence and hence, producing a partial truth. Consequently, the modern connotations of this specific aspect would or wouldn't have an impact on the young reader depending from the way it is being taught.
But I don't want to expand in that.
Promoting resentment of a particular race or class of people rely in the scholar, not the poor novel for Christs sake.
Well, it is Arizona after all.
Well, it is Arizona after all.
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