FOX News Latino — …Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne pushed to have the program banned in 2010. He cited the curriculum promoted anti-American ideology, and created a division between Mexican-American students and their peers.
“I believe that the political powers want to maintain unequal economic, political, cultural power relationships, so this is one way to cease the progress of the community,” said program co-creator Arce.
Horne issued a statement saying the cancellation of the program was necessary in order to ensure ” …that public education is not held captive to radical, political elements, and that students treat each other as individuals — not on the basis of the race they were born into… [Read More]