It is William Shakespeare's The Tempest, which was written in 1610 or 1611.
The Tempest belongs to the genre of Elizabethan romantic plays and is the last stage piece by Shakespeare. It combines elements of tragedy, romantic comedy and questions that are not completely answered by the ends of the play.
The book is banned by the resolution “aimed at curbing resentment, government overthrow and ethnic distinction and separation in any district or charter school's curriculum”.
It is so serious that if the ruling is not followed, the district can face a multi-million dollar penalty. Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal was the first person to make this claim and has been instrumental to having this book banned in Arizona.
Why was it banned l hear you ask?? It was banned as part of an ousted Mexican-American ethnic studies program. The district's Mexican-American program apparently violated the A.R.S. § 15-112 which prohibits courses and classes that promote the overthrow of the United States government and promote resentment toward a race or class of people, which they say this book does. All textbooks that deal with Mexican-American history are banned as 60% of the district's student population is Mexican-American.
All copies of The Tempest will be cleared from all classrooms, boxed up and sent to the Textbook Depository for storage but this book is available to buy freely on the internet and no other state or country seems to have a problem with it.
The Tempest Study
Guide 2012, eNotes, viewed 25th April 2012.
http://www.enotes.com/tempest/Golgowski, N 2012, Shakespeare work axed in Arizona schools as law bans 'ethnic studies' , Associated Newspapers Ltd, viewed 25th April 2012.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087667/Shakespeares-The-Tempest-banned-Arizona-schools-law-bans-ethnic-studies.html
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