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Tom Horne, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Verse Tucson Unified School District's Ethnic Studies: A Critical Discourse Study


Michael W. Simpson


University of Wisconsin, Madison - School of Education; University of Wisconsin, Madison - Law School
April 2, 2009


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Using biocriticsm, white studies, history, linguistics, philosophy, critical discourse analysis including specific frameworks of prejudice in discourse, and curriculum/textbook studies. this paper analyzes Tom Horne's letter to the Citizens of Tucson urging the elimination of their Ethnic Studies Department.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 29

Keywords: ethnic studies, racism, whiteness, white privilege, schools, education policy

JEL Classification: H70, I20, I21, I28, I29, J62, J70, J71, J78, J79, N32

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Date posted: April 3, 2009  

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Simpson, Michael W. , Tom Horne, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Verse Tucson Unified School District's Ethnic Studies: A Critical Discourse Study (April 2, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1372387 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1372387

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Michael W. Simpson (Contact Author)
University of Wisconsin, Madison - School of Education ( email )
Madison, WI 53706
United States
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Law School ( email )
1000 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706
United States
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