Bless Me, Ultima

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I was scanning articles when I came across this article out of Colorado. Some dinky superintendent in Colorado pulled "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya from a ninth grade English class. You would think the teacher was assigning them to read Mein Kampf. Someone found the language and "paganistic practices" offensive. This freak has also admited to not reading the book. Leave it to some bible thumping yahoo whose kid probably curses like a sailor and watches all the crap on tv. What fascinates me is the power of words and the fear that they can invoke. So it's the 21'st century and idiots like Conder gives two dozen of the books to a parent to be destroyed. I'll be damned nothing changes.

The book is about Ultima, an old curandera who comes to live with the family of a young New Mexican boy. She teaches him about the healing powers of the natural environment and the human spirit. Rudolfo Anaya is acclaimed as the founder of modern Chicano literature. According to the New York Times, he is the most widely read author in Hispanic communities. His works are standard texts in Chicano studies and literature courses around the world. Click title bar to read article.

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