What is left out of traditional syllabi, of course, is the grievance and distortion. When Horne finally acquired the program materials he requested, they included texts with titles such as Occupied America and The Pedagogy of Oppression. And according to John Ward, a Tucson teacher who saw his U.S. history course coopted by the Raza Studies department, the Raza curriculum’s focus is “that Mexican-Americans were and continue to be victims of a racist American society driven by the interests of middle and upper-class whites.”

When Ward raised concerns about Raza Studies (which is part of TUSD’s larger Ethnic Studies department) he was, despite being Hispanic himself, called a racist and event...

What is left out of traditional syllabi, of course, is the grievance and distortion. When Horne finally acquired the program materials he requested, they included texts with titles such as Occupied America and The Pedagogy of Oppression. And according to John Ward, a Tucson teacher who saw his U.S. history course coopted by the Raza Studies department, the Raza curriculum’s focus is “that Mexican-Americans were and continue to be victims of a racist American society driven by the interests of middle and upper-class whites.”

When Ward raised concerns about Raza Studies (which is part of TUSD’s larger Ethnic Studies department) he was, despite being Hispanic himself, called a racist and eventually reassigned to another course. Ward told a reporter from the Arizona Republic that by the time he left the Raza Studies class, he had observed a definite change in the students: “An angry tone. They taught them not to trust their teachers, not to trust the system. They taught them the system wasn’t worth trusting.”

A persuasive case can and should be made that teaching students history and literature (not to mention science and math) through some concocted ethnic perspective that the pupils supposedly possess is balderdash. It does Hispanic youngsters a profound disservice to predicate their educations on ethnic identity, to have them skip the great works of literature and read only tracts by, say, Mexican authors, and to teach them only the history that involves Latin America(ns).

Ken, do you actually read what I write or do you just glance at it and start calling me a racist? In case you haven't read the above article let me break it down for you:

The Raza (race) class- this class is about how the Hispanic race is superior and how Americans are all evil slave masters (I won't point out how crazy it is that the superior race is somehow the slaves in this insane scenario as you will extrapolate that into a hate comment). It is not teaching diversity it is teaching division. I mean, come on, La Raza mean the race. Jeesh! Who are the racists here. The class is also teaching these kids to see them selves as victims. To see the world as unfair. Is that what we a...

Ken, do you actually read what I write or do you just glance at it and start calling me a racist? In case you haven't read the above article let me break it down for you:

The Raza (race) class- this class is about how the Hispanic race is superior and how Americans are all evil slave masters (I won't point out how crazy it is that the superior race is somehow the slaves in this insane scenario as you will extrapolate that into a hate comment). It is not teaching diversity it is teaching division. I mean, come on, La Raza mean the race. Jeesh! Who are the racists here. The class is also teaching these kids to see them selves as victims. To see the world as unfair. Is that what we are supposed to being teaching our kids. This is the lie of diversity. It doesn't teach us how to get alon, it teaches us about how we are different. I am dead sure this is not what Dr. King was talking about when he said a man shoudl be judged on the content of his character.