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 Arizona law threatens ethnic studies courses tailored to immigrants' childrenSuperintendent of schools Tom Horn reignites controversy over state's hardline anti-immigration stanceRichard Adams in Washington guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 May 2010 Article history A border patrol agent watches over a group of immigrants arrested in Arizona after crossing illegally from Mexico. Photograph: Tim Gaynor /Reuters A new Arizona law banning the teaching of lessons that "promote overthrowing the US government", aimed at heavily Hispanic school districts, has reignited the controversy over race and the state's hardline anti-immigration stance.It comes a month after the state's Republican-dominated legislature passed laws requiring police to demand ID from anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant. The latest law seeks to penalise schools that offer ethnic studies courses. The move is directed at schools in the city of Tucson, which offer courses tailored to the children of Mexican immigrants.Aside from banning the teaching of the overthrow of the US government, the new law prohibits any courses that "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".The bill was championed by Tom Horne, Arizona's superintendent of schools, who is to run as a Republican in upcoming elections for Arizona's attorney general. Previously, he banned bilingual education from government schools.Although he has never attended any of the ethnic studies classes, Horne told the New York Times: "The most offensive thing to me, fundamentally, is dividing kids by race." Referring to La Raza, or "the race", a Spanish term sometimes used to refer to ethnic Mexicans, Horne said: "They are teaching a radical ideology in Raza, including that Arizona and other states were stolen from Mexico and should be given back."The…

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