Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer kills ethnic studies, proves racism

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When the University of California at Berkeley first established ethnic studies as a requirement for undergraduates, this blogger, a grad student, was sitting in the Durant Avenue food alley at a Japanese restaurant when a white male student suddenly and loudly yelled "Why do I have to known anything about minorities?" Figuring that the boy was frustrated, perhaps sexually, and looking for a fight, I ignored him as did everyone else.

When he realized no one cared to talk to him because they regarded him as racist, he sulked.

In her attempt to kill ethnic studies, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is proving that she's very much like that young man but the difference is she's not in Berkeley.

Brewer's in Arizona, where there are a lot of people who want to talk to her and have the same psychosis that caused the formation of the illegal immigration bill that ultimately targets Latinos.

The bill is to prevent courses that teach "ethnic solidarity" by, get this, teaching about African-American, Mexican-American and Native-American studies as is currently done in the Tucson Unified School District. Of course, it's just fine to learn about White European American History because it's tucked under the title of American History.

Geez. If Brewer weren't Governor of Arizona, Brewer would be a joke. A very bad joke.

That Jan Brewer is Governor of Arizona should make any Arizonan very angry. Moreover that she's a Republican should send intelligent GOP operatives into orbit. Jan Brewer will almost single handedly kill the GOP's mid-term election chances.

And to that prospect, I say, "Hooray!"

Stay tuned.