A controversy over an Ethnic Studies program in Tuscon brings up issues.

Derek Hart offers his views on Arizona’s legislature censuring ethnic studies courses in the state after passing SB1070, the controversial anti-immigration law.

A bipolar model of racism exists in the Unites States today. This model excludes a variety of ethnic groups and rather focuses on the "black- white framework." Several societal trends have lead to this framework, including historical, psychological and educational trends.

By examining Ronald Takaki’s, Cornel West’s and Elizabeth Martinez’s writings, I apply three identifiable barriers ethnic minorities face. These societal barriers include ignorance, nationalism and prejudice.