Rage Against the Machine Defy Ethnic Studies Ban, Says Arizona Schools Chief — rollingstone.com

Arizona's departing state superintendent of public education, John Huppenthal, spent his last day of work targeting the Tucson Unified School District for violating the state's ban on ethnic studies, according to the Arizona Daily Star. In particular, the "notice of noncompliance" he sent the district's superintendent, Dr. H.T. Sanchez, on January 2nd highlighted two music-related violations: the use of the Rage Against the Machine 1992 song "Take the Power Back" in Mexican-American history and an introduction to hip-hop written by KRS-One in an English class taught from an African-American perspective.

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