1. In reading the Stevens-Stovall reading, I immediately found myself thinking of the countless episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit I had watched. The article makes note that the new Arizona bills restrict teaching courses which would "promote the overthrow of the United States Government." If we are going to limit teaching histories which are important to the development of the American Government and society into what it is today, should we also restrict activities which would promote violence of any sort, or any form of uprising? Should we ban all violent video games? Should we continue and reinstate the process of banning books because they might encourage our impressionable youth? Where does it stop? Is it really the courses or the activities that would encourage these behaviors?
2. What kind of reaction do you think Patrick Camangian (Subverting the Master's Syllabus) would have towards the new legislation being presented in Arizona? How does this legislation counteract his idea of teaching students "to love themselves, love their people, and love their histories, while confronting the pain of their suffering and finding ways to help them heal from the trauma caused by the colonial conditions they find themselves in"? How would he argue against the idea that teaching students about these revolutions might foster an interest in overthrowing the American Government?
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