Is American really
the land of the free?
In any sense, we shouldn’t ban the
youth from any books unless it has tragic instances or purely shows hate
towards the government or anyone else. The books that are supposedly implying
to overrun our government are being banned for that reason but these books have
inspired people to provide a voice for what you believe in. Voices that help you
stand for your opinions and to defend yourself from the racist ignorant people
in this world. The government also banned over eighty books all at the same time
and some classes were removed because the books were vital for the course.
The curriculum
was Mexican American Studies (MAS) at Tucson Unified school District, for this
act to happen so close from where we live, scares me. MAS was used to provide critical
thinking and focused on Mexican-American history and literature. Many supporters admired the program because
it provided higher graduation rates and state- commissioned audit that advocated
for expansion of the program. All these benefits coming from a single program, why
would our government that suppose to keep us protected, ban this course? They
stated that the teachers were “encouraging students to dislike white people” ,
which the teachers denied.
I believe the government doesn’t want the Mexican
Americans to start pursing their own ideas because it can be against what the
government is doing. I necessarily don’t think that’s a bad idea because we all
have our own opinions and the government’s approach definitely isn’t the way to
do it. Like you said before, it can be challenging at times to teach us an
assignment that can’t integrate your opinion. I feel MAS shouldn’t be banned because
the government thinks the teachers are teaching them to resent white people, if
you look at other classes they show resentment towards a certain ethnic group. According
to another article I read, Margaret Duran wanted the students to know
Republicans don’t hate Latinos but the students were irritable because they
couldn’t voice their opinion and left the assembly. Attorney General Tom Horne questioned
MAS which teachers taught students about free speech, but why couldn’t they
voice their opinions? That would make the speech very one-sided and biased if
the students that Margaret trying convince cant response to what she’s saying.
Occupied American represents that
theory and shows if you say what you stand for and then people will respect
what you have to say. Occupying American is one of the main voices for the Chicano
Americans that live in the U.S. The book shows the Chicano history in their perspective
that shows many things that the history books missed. The reason why I like
this books and was appalled when I saw it banned because it shows a different
viewpoint that I never thought of when learning this in my history course. I
realized how biased our history books really are and learned not to judge
everything single thing my teacher says. I used to think history books were
100% fact and didn’t have no opinions but books like these are essential for
the youth because it opens a part of your mind that will help you later on in
life.
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