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<p>The Atlantic</p>
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<p>How One Law Banning Ethnic Studies Led to Its Rise</p>
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<p>The irony is that if Arizona lawmakers had never squashed one Mexican American studies class—in a single district in one city—Curtis Acosta would have no interest in duplicating that same class across the country. Certainly, California and Texas public schools
would not be considering to offer the course in all its high schools. And Tony Diaz would never have become the book smuggler.</p>
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<p>In fact, today Mexican American studies has spread to high schools at a rate that no one could have imagined before Arizona banned the class in 2010.</p>
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<p>Full story:<br>
<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/07/how-one-law-banning-ethnic-studies-led-to-rise/398885/">http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/07/how-one-law-banning-ethnic-studies-led-to-rise/398885/</a></p>
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