Fighting Back Against the Bureacrats

Alexander Rowson
U Idaho

Recently, the great state of Arizona took a groundbreaking step against the multicult bureaucrats of academia. The media reported it as a ban of so-called "ethnic studies classes". As usual, this was not quite the truth.

In Arizona, you can still take a class on the history and culture of any ethnic group of the world - from the Aztecs, to the Germans, to the Japanese or Greeks. That is any sane person's definition of what an ethnic studies class is. But not to the liberal academia of Arizona, allied with radical ethnocentric groups like "The Council of La Raza (The Race)".

Their vision of "ethnic studies" classes was radical leftism, hatred of the historical American nation, and encouragement of racial grievances amongst "oppressed minorities"... for example, the substantial Hispanic population of the Southwest United States. A common mythology promoted by groups like La Raza declares that land won by the USA in the Mexican-American War is stolen, and should be reconquered by Mexican nationals. This includes much of California, Colorado, Texas, and Arizona. Of course, this was all paid for by the taxes of honest, hardworking Arizonans, without their consent.

The Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, John Huppenthal, said that when he went into these classrooms, he would see portrayals of Ben Franklin as a "racist" and portraits of Communist mass-murderer Che Guevara, a hero of both Hispanic ethnocentrists and far-left loonies.

So Arizona, led by Governor Jan Brewer, took action. The state legislature drafted and passed a law which allows the Arizona government to halt funding to any school with classes that:
* 1) promote the overthrow of the United States government;
* 2) promote resentment toward a race or class of people;
* 3) are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group; or
* 4) advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.

In other words, the majority of multicult, left-wing classes are no longer eligible for public funding in the great state of Arizona. Anyone can still preach these ideas if they want - but no longer will they be supported by the the money of the Arizonan taxpayer, and no longer will student money that should be going to maintenance, equipment, and real classes be used to fund this garbage.

Of course, there was an outcry from the usual suspects. The New York Times said that the Arizona government "promotes discord and intolerance" and called the concerns of the voters "nativist fears". Dolores Huerta, a race hustler along the lines of Jesse Jackson, proclaimed that "we’re just going to teach ethnic studies and violate the law, [and] get people in jail."

We stand with Arizona whole-heartedly on this issue. In fact, we find this to be the most exciting conservative development in recent memory. The leftists captured America by capturing the schools and the academia, and this is the first blow against that stranglehold. Ethnic studies classes and the immigration situation are not the core of this issue- it is that a corrupt and narcissistic academia dictates far too much of the national rhetoric.

Why just Arizona? Why not Idaho? Washington? Montana? In all states, the majority of tax money comes from middle and upper-middle class, hardworking people, who tend to be conservative. They don't want their tax-money funding radical propaganda. Nor do most students want their hard-earned tuition money spent on the same.

Let's start getting organized and demand change from the university system. Simple activism really can change things, as can contacting your senators and representatives. Let them know that YOU know and care about these issues, and that you're ready to take a stand for what is right. The leftists knew that once they controlled the schools they controlled the country - and once we take back the schools, the future for young patriots and conservatives will look much brighter.