Arizona Bill Seeks to Ban Groups Like MEChA

An Arizona legislative committee passed an amendment to a standard Homeland Security bill, which seeks to ban dozens of student groups which focus in part or in whole on race-based issues – including groups like MEChA and the Black Business Students Association. The bill also threatens to cut state funding to any institution where courses challenge or critique a range of tenets, including democracy and capitalism. As FSRNs Andrew Stelzer reports, SB 1108 is the brainchild of Arizona state representative Russell Pierce, who has authored a long list of legislation targeting Latinos over the past few years.

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