Tucson High School Ethnic Studies teacher, Curtis Acosta talks to us about the Arizona ban, why they’re fighting and what makes them so “radical”. Enjoy.
What is the purpose of your ethnic studies class?
The purposes of our classes are varied, but our main objective is to rehumanize the academic experience for our students through culturally and [...]
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I’m sure some of you have been following Arizona’s decision to cut Ethnic Studies classes. If not you can read up on it here.
Superintendent of Public Instructor Tom Horne and prolific author and Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson spar on CNN with Anderson Cooper as mediator.
Tell us what you think about the debate? Does ethnic studies [...]
Arizona has decided that Ethnic Studies classes will not be taught in public high schools. Starting January 1st, any schools teaching ethnic studies will have their school district budget cut by 10%.
CNN has been getting some great coverage of the conflict between public schools and the state of Arizona. Check out the link at the [...]
A recent article from the Associate Press, discusses the issue of Hollywood casting white actors in movies with non-white source material. The most recent movies are two of this years summer blockbusters: “The Last Airbender” and “The Prince of Persia.”
The “Prince of Persia” is a Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates of the Caribbean) produced adventure tale about [...]
[Because we love the man over here at Freshloveink, we give you more Barack Obama]
After a tough debate in Pennsylvania, Barack Obama inacted the famous reference of brushing dirt off yo’ shoulder, ladies and gentleman.
After conceding that the Philly debate was tough, he brushed the imaginary lint of Hillary, George and Charlie from his shoulders, [...]
Is There An Unspoken Beef b/w Africans and African Americans?
By Damon Packwood
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 15 years, I’m sure you’ve noticed the explosion of Africans in the Oakland and San Francisco area.
While the Black community has been moving to chocolate cities like Atlanta, Houston and Dallas in [...]
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