Posted on 07/11/2025 2:30:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It was celebrated at the time as a major milestone for progressive education. In 2021, California became the first state to make ethnic studies a graduation requirement, mandating all high schools teach the subject by fall 2025.
The idea, championed by California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, was to bring modern concepts into the classroom. At its core, ethnic studies, an academic discipline born on California campuses during the civil rights movement, elevates the experiences of historically marginalized groups. Its materials push students to question their biases, reimagine power structures, and think critically about the enduring legacies of colonialism. In California high schools, courses would bring to the fore the experiences of Chicano, Black and Indigenous communities in the state by diving into issues such as gentrification, the impact of pesticides on farm worker communities and the legacies of Indian boarding schools. Many school districts enthusiastically jumped on board.
The idea to make ethnic studies part of the curriculum always had its detractors. But it gained significant support after the racial justice protests of 2020. Today, however, ideas that rose to the vanguard of American culture after that period’s uprising have fallen dramatically out of political favor, and ethnic studies is now the center of an acrimonious battle over what constitutes antisemitism – and whether students should be learning about international conflicts, namely the fraught histories of Israel and Palestine – in courses meant to lift up the diverse experiences of Californians. The controversy has resulted in lawsuits and threats to ban certain concepts and materials entirely.
In hindsight, it’s not clear whether lawmakers understood the radical nature of the concepts they legislated into public school curricula.
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Does China require ethnic studies?
“it’s not clear whether lawmakers understood the radical nature of the concepts they legislated into public school curricula.”
The author must be smoking dope. The CA legislature is one of the most radical groups since the teenage leaders of China’s cultural revolution. They knew exactly what they were doing.
Well summarized!
Seeing governoring in action is like seeing the three stooges clip.
I believe they can say that because big tech is so dominant. But it's very misleading.
The Okies were Commies? I don't think so.
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