The importance of ethnic studies courses

Arizona did something admirable (combating illegal immigration) but then did a complete 180 and did something despicable, they are banning ethnic studies classes.

You see, Republicans rationale is that it favors one race and that you can get your "racial" history in regular ole' American history.

Um..newsflash! If one was getting it in regular ole' American history, then there would be no need for ethnic classes in the first place! But obviously that isn't so.

The point of ethnic studies classes (black history, hispanic history, asian history, etc) is to teach students about American history from the perspective of minorities, those that were legally forced to suffer for no reason other than their skin color.

Regular history class is in the slant of the white rich male with the occasional female.

Most students hate history and will not take the time to learn about history outside of class. How will they know about other races' history if there is no class for it?

Although, it isn't much help if few to none of whites take those classes in the first place.

I am expecting my African American studies class to be majority black if not all black.

When I become a history teacher I hope to save white students from being so inherently racist by teaching about other races' and their contributions to America. Parents have only fostered racsim in white children, someone has to step up to the plate and tell them racism is not okay.

I plan to teach to them how racism goes beyond just Jim Crow and will even implement assignments that focus on it.

Someone has to fight back against racism.

Ethnic studies are important, you can't create tolerance if you never mention other races.