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Originally Posted by HowSoonIsNow

via JoeMyGod: Dr. Sandra Soto is the Assistant Professor for Women's Studies at the University of Arizona, where she used this week's graduation ceremony to denounce her state's racist immigration law. It's a bit surprising/depressing that so many students would boo her. (Although she did get some decent applause at the end.) The Freepers are thrilled by the students' reaction.

Hey, many in AZ (including the Gov) do not want cultural and ethnic studies taught in the schools! This law isn't just about immigration, it's about right-wing nut cake bigots fearing the demise of white people!!! It was drafted in part by an organization (F.A.I.R) that has one of the world's leading proponents of racial inferiority studies of non-white populations (as in things like POC just not being as smart as white people based upon biology). As in the types of people that agree with racial and ethnic cleansing!!

We need to wake up. This stuff is not harmless talk. And it isn't just taking hold in AZ. Look at Texas and people there wanting to re-write history to align with WASP culture! It isn't just Limbaugh and mega-wacko Beck on the airwaves spreading right wing BS. More and more of these jerks are running for elected office and winning! What is going on in AZ and TX presently is a serious threat to every disenfranchised population in the US and to democracy. Movements like this always take hold more deeply during difficult financial times when the majority of the population is more worried about a job, keeping a home (owning or renting), putting food on the table.

I hate to be an alamist, but alamed is exactly what I feel 2010 is a critical mid-term election year. If you have even a small amount of time to get involved with political organizations that fight this kind of crap- please do so!