Arizona Banned Books

In January 2012, the TUSD complied with HB2281 and voted to dismantle Mexican American Studies classes.  Following the vote, TUSD took action to ban a long list of books (50 titles from the Cambium's Curriculum Audit of the Mexican American Studies :  Department Tucson Unified School District http://www.scribd.com/doc/58025928/TUSD-ethnic-studies-audit ).  The more controversial titles were confiscated and boxed up in front of the students.  

The TUSD is denying that the actions they took constitute creating a "banned book list", but the results were the same.  Administrators of TUSD, " (http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2012/02/librotraficante_caravan_arizona.php)

Read a title from the banned book list and include a tag below. Your reading will be shared on Arizona Virtual Read Out. http://library.csun.edu/guides/arizonabannedbooks .
 
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