Amy Goodman
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"El Librotraficante" Tony Diaz Defies Ethnic Studies Book Ban With Caravan to Arizona
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March 9, 2012
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6:07Now Playingdemocracynow.org - Self-described book smuggler Tony Diaz, nicknamed "El Librotraficante", is set to launch a small caravan to bring carloads of controversial books into Arizona that were recently banned by public school officials in Tucson after the city suspended its acclaimed Mexican-American Studies program due to a state ban on the teaching of ethnic studies. "When Arizona tried to erase our history, we decided to make more," Diaz says. "We've unleashed this informal network that's galvanized into a national movement... People are forming groups to read the books that have been confiscated. They have actually brought so much attention to our community that I think right now we really are on the verge of a Latino Renaissance."
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