Arizona lawmakers attempt to ban race/ethnicity based student groups

From here:

Multiculturalism is a basic American concept. We value the beliefs, traditions, customs, arts, history and folklore of the diverse cultures reflected throughout our nation. All this is being put at risk in Arizona, where last week the Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to a routine homeland security bill, SB 1108 that would prohibit students at the state’s public universities and community colleges from organizing groups based on race (ie: groups such as MEChA, the Black Business Students Association, Native Americans United, etc.)

Please take action today. This bill could reach the Arizona House floor as early as this week.

According to newspaper reports, Rep. John Kavanagh (R-Scottsdale), a supporter of the measure called these campus organizations, “‘self-defeating’ and ‘self-destructive’ for students.”

Self-defeating? Multiculturalism doesn’t limit students. It gives them pride in who they are and enhances their being fuller people by fostering the concept of America being the land of opportunity. As Cesar Chavez said, “Preservation of ones’ culture doesn’t mean contempt for others’.” 

Okay, this is just white lawmakers not understanding the minority perspective and being PAINFULLY unaware of the racism that still persists in American society. It is sick to even THINK that student groups designed to offer friendship, support, and cultural understanding to its members could possibly gather in order to plot to overthrow White America.

Here’s a fact for sticking in one’s pipe and smoking: white people are the MOST racially isolated race in America. Where are the attempts to ban THEM from banding together? Where are the attempts to stop the KKK?