As noted in this diary, Arizona's in a world of hurt, tourism-wise, because the government has decided to alienate everyone whose skin shade is anything darker than what the Walmart Paint Department would call "creamy eggshell."
Here's the issue, from where I sit. They've institutionalized profiling, and they're trying to do away with ethnic studies. It's clear that they want to drive out anybody even slightly tan and become an enclave for the lily-white. BUT. They've really only gone half way. If you're gonna go white, go white, people. Don't be shy. Go all the frickin' English-speakin' way.
Get rid of the immigrant, non-English, non-white name of your wonderful desert of a state!
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