2010/2011:
States pass 164 laws (HB 56 in Alabama, SB1070 in Arizona, which is currently blocked by a federal injunction) that increase criminalization and police surveillance of ‘suspected’ undocumented immigrants and deportations. Many of these laws are supported by the prison industry.
Tuscon later (2012) votes to ban the Mexican American Studies program in a district that is a majority Latino (primarily Mexican American).
Re-imagining and Self-Determination
1940: The Vichy Regime in France passes the Statute on Jews, which reclassifies Jewish people as non-French and non-citizens. A large portion of the French Resistance is made up of Jewish people and among other things, provides escape routes for Jewish people in France to Spain.
1994: Moderate Hutus hide and protect Tutsis during the Rwandan Genocide.
2010-2011: Massive creative demonstrations, boycotts by musicians and artists and athletes of Arizona lead to a federal injunction blocking the most aggressive aspects of anti-immigrant bill SB1070 and the rescinding of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s contract to enforce immigration policy.
Discussion Questions:
Additional Resources:
Shattered Families [Multimedia Report]
Under Arapaio [Documentary]
Alto Arizona! [Posters and Website]
Tuscon later (2012) votes to ban the Mexican American Studies program in a district that is a majority Latino (primarily Mexican American).
Re-imagining and Self-Determination
1940: The Vichy Regime in France passes the Statute on Jews, which reclassifies Jewish people as non-French and non-citizens. A large portion of the French Resistance is made up of Jewish people and among other things, provides escape routes for Jewish people in France to Spain.
1994: Moderate Hutus hide and protect Tutsis during the Rwandan Genocide.
2010-2011: Massive creative demonstrations, boycotts by musicians and artists and athletes of Arizona lead to a federal injunction blocking the most aggressive aspects of anti-immigrant bill SB1070 and the rescinding of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s contract to enforce immigration policy.
Discussion Questions:
Additional Resources:
Shattered Families [Multimedia Report]
Under Arapaio [Documentary]
Alto Arizona! [Posters and Website]
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