An Afrocentric rap artist who calls himself "Talib Kweli" (how's that one for an American name?) has released a song called "Papers Please" that protests Arizona's SB 1070. Without further ado, I present to you a new masterpiece of Western culture:

My worldview has been shattered: Arizona is a racist state like Nazi Germany that is practicing a new Jim Crow. How dare they ... enforce federal immigration law.

A sleeping giant has been awakened: the silent majority

In June, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer created a fund to defend SB 1070 from legal challenges. Hitherto, one of the primary arguments used by the Treason Lobby has been that Arizona's new law and anti-illegal city ordinances like those of Fremont, Nebraska will prove too costly defend from the ACLU and leftwing pressure groups. They have raised the specter of massive cuts in social services as the penalty for refusing to cotton to the Obama/La Raza/Long Island Wins tune.

The Associated Press is reporting that Arizona has raised $500,000 from around 7,000 contributors so far. Most of the donations are coming from out of state. The American people support Arizona and are donating to Keep Arizona Safe. The bad news for the Treason Lobby is that there are lot more of us than them. They can only win through a combination of deception, distraction, and intimidation. 

A Rasmussen poll released today is further evidence that the Treason Lobby is losing the battle for public opinion: 61% of Americans want SB 1070 in their own state, 56% oppose the Justice Department lawsuit, 86% of voters say that immigration is "somewhat important" to how they will cast their ballots, and 55% consider it "very important."

The mainstream media and political class is utterly out of touch: 73% of political class voters support the Justice Department lawsuit; 67% of mainstream voters disagree and oppose the legal attack on Arizona.

Last night, I was watching Hardball with Chris Matthews, and Matthews argued that Obama was acting like a "one term president" for taking on big issues like healthcare and immigration and then spitting in the political wind. Matthews spun the Obama lawsuit by suggesting that Obama cares about "principle" and "history," not getting re-elected.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Will the federal courts outrage the American majority, or will they hand the Obama administration an epic defeat?

According to Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, President Obama told him in a private meeting that his administration would only secure the border if Republicans agreed to support "comprehensive immigration reform." If Republicans got what they wanted, Obama explained they would have no incentive to support his plan:

The White House has denied Kyl's accusations. From a Democratic perspective, the political logic of Obama's position makes perfect sense. Border security is highly popular and could easily pass Congress on its own legs. Amnesty for illegal aliens is unpopular and must be smuggled into law as part of a larger package.

Someone is lying here. I doubt it is Senator Kyl.

Recently, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school board unanimously passed a resolution that Arizona's law be taught in Los Angeles civics class.   But the resolution is not encouraging “dialogue” about the issue.  Instead, it promotes a lesson plan that presents the law as un-American to students.

According to School Board President Monica Garcia in a press release:

America must stand for tolerance, inclusiveness and equality.  In our civics classes and in our hallways, we must give life to these values by teaching our students to value themselves; to respect others; and to demand fairness and justice for all who live within our borders. Any law which violates civil rights is un-American.

School district spokesman Robert Alaniz stated in an e-mail to FOX news:

The Board of Education directed the Superintendent to ensure that LAUSD civics and history classes discuss the recent laws enacted in Arizona in the context of the American values of unity, diversity, and Equal Protection for all.   Much like a number of controversial periods and laws that are part of our history and are currently taught including:

-- Slavery
-- Jim Crowe laws and segregation
-- Native American reservations
-- Residential schools (for Native Americans)
-- The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
-- Anti-Irish racism in the 19th century
-- Racism against immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe in the 20th century
-- Anti-Semitism
-- Internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II
-- The Mexican Repatriation Program (1929-1939)

Many of the teachers aren’t complaining about the resolution.  In fact, some have already openly denounced the law as "racist."

Social Studies Teacher, Jose Lara took his students on a "freedom" ride to Arizona to protest the law.  In a youtube video Lara created about the event, he can be seen in the Union Del Barrio, a La Raza organization fellow teacher and radical, Ron Gochez, created.  Lara uses the video to denounce Arizona and interview students and teachers with similar views.

One of these students, Susana, said in Lara’s video that she is going to Arizona because

we’re there for la gente, we’re there to help every Latino who’s being accused for being immigrants.

While another teacher, Claire Martinet, stated:

I’m getting on the bus because, I think, that the laws are such a threat to all of us. I’m getting on the bus for all the people that can’t get on the bus — for my students and parents of my students … I’m here with them in solidarity.

To summarize, the LAUSD school board and teachers, just like the universities and professors YWC covers, are more focused on promoting diversity and multiculturalism than respect for the law.

I just returned from Phoenix, where I was honored to speak at the June 5 "Phoenix Rising" rally alongside patriots like Congressman Tom Tancredo, State Senator Russell Pearce, the legendary Sheriff Joe Arapio and many others.  2,000 Americans braved the scorching the Arizona heat for the demonstration.

These protests are the beginning of something genuinely new for the American Right.  Conservatives have never turned out like this before on these kinds of issues.  More importantly, these are not simply fly by night, one time only demonstrations.  They are leaving behind networks, infrastructure, and organizations that will continue to exist regardless of the next election cycle or even the outcome of the amnesty battle itself. 

More importantly, this was a true grassroots effort.  There's absolutely no financial support for any of these demonstrations.  There's no money to bus people in.  There are no multimillion dollar foundations backing the events.  There's no astroturfing here.  This is what populism is all about.  This is just the beginning.

In recent weeks, the liberal media has tarred and feathered the good people of Arizona before the eyes of the world. The United Nations has launched an official investigation. Cities like Los Angeles, CA, Richmond, VA and Columbus, OH have announced boycotts of the state. Liberal columnists have wailed about how the new law (which explicitly bans racial profiling) will result in racial profiling. President Obama and House Democrats have ganged up on Arizona with President Calderon of Mexico.

A torrent of abuse against Arizona has streamed from the Left. We are told the new law is motivated by "white racial anxiety," racism, bigotry, and plain old fashioned hatred of Latinos. In the midst of all this, Arizona passed another law banning ethnic studies on the grounds that these courses were being abused to encourage racial chauvinism and intolerance. This law has been criticized from the same quarters. In a scaremongering tone, The Huffington Post announced that "Teachers With Accents Can No Longer Teach English." 

Meanwhile, Accuracy in Academia investigated these "ethnic studies" courses and uncovered some pretty damaging material. In the high schools of Tuscon, Arizona, a book by Paulo Freire (a Brazilian Marxist) called Pedagogy of the Oppressed is required reading in "Raza Studies" (i.e., Race Studies), otherwise known as "Mexican-American courses." Another favorite is Occupied America by Rodolfo Acuna who is a professor of Chicano Studies at California State University in Northridge.

Here's a choice quote from Occupied America. It gives the reader an idea of the sort of material Hispanic students are being exposed to in Arizona public schools:

"We are fed up. We are going to move to do away with the injustice to the Chicano and if the 'gringo' doesn't get out of our way, we will stampede over him."

Another priceless gem:

"Gutierrez attacked the gringo establishment angrily at a press conference and called upon Chicanos to "Kill the gringo,' which meant to end white control over Mexicans."

Kill the gringo! Stampede over him! Rise up and overthrow the White oppressor in a bloody Communist insurrection! Hmm ... I wonder why Jan Brewer, the Governor of Arizona, felt hateful, racist, and incendiary material like that ought not to be subsidized by the 'gringo' taxpayers.

These woeful tales of oppression and exploitation are laughable. Illegal aliens who literally break into America and demand special privileges under the law are oppressed? If so, they sought out "oppression" by coming here. That's like a random stranger breaking into my house in the middle of the night and demanding amnesty (the lawful right to reside on my property) as a reward for his crime. It says a lot about the state of America that we are even having this silly debate.

Occupied America includes a map of Mexico in 1821 which includes the American Southwest. The story of how Mexico lost the region in a war with the Polk administration is recounted from an ethnic chauvinist perspective. From 1821 until 1848, a mere 27 years, the American Southwest was under Mexican sovereignty. From 1848 until 2010, 162 years, the Southwest has belonged to the United States. 

Mexico never had a compelling claim to the Southwest. In the 27 years the region was under Mexican rule, Mexico City exercised little control over the area. Local Indian tribes like the Comanches and Pueblo Indians were the true authorities. Few Mexicans lived in Alta California and the Southwest. This is especially true of the Indians and mestizos from Central and Southern Mexico who are predominant among the immigrants who come from that country and make the usual race based claims.

The people of Arizona are under no obligation to subsidize Marxist pedagogues determined to incite violence and racial hatred against them and their descendants. I can't help but wonder why the Far Left groups who are ostensibly committed to fighting "racism" are so quiet about government sponsored racial hatred in American public schools. 

That disturbing line of inquiry raises more questions than answers.

In this edition of Western Resistance Radio I discuss the continuing effects of the Arizona immigration law, our hostile elite, and the real nature of politics today.  Is it even still possible to appeal to a common American heritage anymore?

One of the main issues Youth for Western Civilization is focused on is curriculum.  There are entire departments and subjects that have nothing to do with education but serve simply as factories for churning out illiterate professional victims.  Finally, someone is putting a stop to this.  This is one of the most hopeful things I have seen in a long time. 

State schools chief Tom Horne, a Republican running for Attorney General, says the district's ethnic studies program promotes "ethnic chauvinism" and racial resentment toward whites.

The best part of the article is the excerpt below.  The United Nations, you see, is deeply concerned  --

The measure concerned six UN human rights experts, who released a statement earlier Tuesday expressing concern about the measure because they believe all people have the right to learn about their own cultural and linguistic heritage.

Three points.

1.  By "all people" they mean all non-white people.  Our entire educational culture, such as it is, seems built on leftists having it both ways.  Whites are supposed to be individuals without a group identity but all non-whites must identify with a left wing version of their group's history.  If whites do embrace their racial identity, they are racist.  If non-whites do not embrace their racial identity, they are "Uncle Toms," or "traitors," or lackeys of the hated white man. 

2.  This is what the United Nations is concerned with.  Not nuclear proliferation, not disease epidemics, not peace in the Middle East -- the lack of tax funded ethnic studies programs in Arizona.  Why are we funding these people?  Ron Paul is right -- get us out. 

3.  The GOP is great when it is close to an election.  See John "Complete the Danged Fence" McCain for example.  We will see how Republicans act when the conservative base stops challenging them. 

The domino effect started by the Arizona bill is continuing throughout the country.

Youth for Western Civilization recently reported on Missouri, Utah, and Texas proposing similar legislation to Arizona's illegal immigration bill, and now representatives in eight more states want to jump on the band wagon. 

Not wanting to be outdone by Arizona, representatives from Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Maryland, Georgia, Ohio, Colorado, and North Carolina are all putting together legislation to submit to their state governments to be voted on.  If the legislation passes, it wiill put them on the map as patriots along with Arizona on cracking down on illegal immigration. 

However, not everyone is thrilled about Arizona taking a stand against illegal immigration.

It is reported that as many as seventy cities will be involved in the protesting of the Arizona bill. Most notoriously, San Diego and St. Paul have already decided to boycott any official city paid business trips in Arizona and even highly encouraged its associates to avoid vacations to the area.

Boston’s city council also just declared that it would pull any investments that are located in Arizona or with Arizona-based companies to boycott the passing of the immigration bill.

Even Arizona’s own sports team, The Suns, wore “Los Suns” uniforms during game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals on May 5th in order to “to honor our Latino community and the diversity of our league…”

Despite all the protesting, it is certainly encouraging to watch everything play out. Only time will tell if more states join in the efforts, if the ten current proposed legislations will pass, and if the Arizona legislation is allowed to stand.

Stay tuned as YWC reports more on the topic.