Of the proposed state ethnic studies program, supporters say it’s an educational imperative during a time of mass shootings, hate speech and polarized political discourse.
“How do we not talk about those issues on Day 1 with our students?” the Camino Nuevo Charter Academy teacher asked.
Among those who say the proposed curriculum falls short of its lofty goals is Williamson M. Evers, a research fellow at the conservative Hoover Institute, based at Stanford. The draft curriculum also has drawn criticism from some Jewish and pro-Israel groups for its treatment of Arab-Israeli issues and its omission of anti-Semitism.
Ethnic studies are rooted in California activism — in 1968 when the Black Student Union and a coalition of student groups at San Francisco State University, known as the Third World Liberation Front, began a student strike calling for ethnic studies. Scholars see their field as an antidote to mainstream doctrine.
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