"Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans are indigenous. So, in a strange way, I’m pleased that the racist folks of Arizona have officially declared, in banning me alongside Urrea, Baca, and Castillo, that their anti-immigration laws are also anti-Indian. I’m also strangely pleased that the folks of Arizona have officially announced their fear of an educated underclass. You give those brown kids some books about brown folks and what happens? Those brown kids change the world. In the effort to vanish our books, Arizona has actually given them enormous power. Arizona has made our books sacred documents now."

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Sherman Alexie

  • poet, short story writer, novelist and filmmaker.
  • His book, “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,” was on the banned curriculum of Mexican American Studies Program.

TUCSON, AZ - We stood out on the education topic Brave New Voices gave us. Why? Because we have the worst education system in this country. I’m saddened, but I’m also kind of proud that we are feared for being “too educated.” It’s a struggle, and from now on, my brown folks, we’re on our own.

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