Boycott Arizona!

Just in case you thought Arizona's insane law requiring all people who look like immigrants to be prepared to prove their legal residence at any time was just a fluke, the Arizona governor has just passed HB 2281, which

Prohibits a school district or charter school from including in its program of instruction any courses or classes that:

• Promote the overthrow of the United States government.
• Promote resentment toward a race or class of people.
• Are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group.
• Advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals.

This might sound okay, but what it is really prohibiting are high school classes that focus on a ethnic group which is not Anglo-American, such as African American studies or Chicano literature. I say that because this bill will not restrict regular American literature, British literature, or Western civilization classes, even though you would think those classes also fit at least two of the criteria.

The last bullet point is the most troubling. Heaven forbid that people who are not Anglo-American have ethnic solidarity!