Arizona education officials may say it’s illegal to teach his writing, but KRS-One isn’t backing away.
The hip host artist offered a three-hour lecture to students at Tucson’s Cholla Magnet High School Wednesday where he discussed the origins of the music genre and addressed the district’s controversy over ethnic studies.
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But under pressure from state officials, the school board dismantled the program in January 2012.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments this month in a case brought by Tucson students that aims to overturn Arizona’s ethnic studies law. A decision has yet to be announced by the three-judge panel.
