California has mandated that all students must take 'ethnic studies' courses, sparking a debate over the curriculum's content, including whether Jews should be considered white and therefore oppressors. This discussion reflects broader controversies surrounding the teaching of ethnic studies in American high schools, with topics such as police brutality, land acknowledgment, and environmental racism being introduced. Critics, including those who find the curriculum 'arguably unwieldy', argue that it is divisive. For instance, a school in Seattle, Washington, teaches that a love of the written word is one of the '9 characteristics of White Supremacy.' Additionally, Prof Christine Hong, chair of the Critical Race & Ethnic Studies Dept at UCSC and lead writer for the high school ethnic studies course required for UC admission, advocates for Zionism to be taught as 'settler-colonial violence.'
Prof Christine Hong, chair of the Critical Race & Ethnic Studies Dept @ucsc, believes Zionism should be taughts as "settler-colonial violence." Hong is the lead writer for developing the HS ethnic studies course required for admission into UC. https://t.co/VRYUIXGSqz https://t.co/MeHLq40Z1T
American high schools are adopting divisive ethnic studies courses. Key concepts include police brutality, land acknowledgment and environmental racism. Read more from @laureldugg https://t.co/vxSgzC2dSh
Hard to understand the utility of teaching the Arab-Israeli conflict, one of the world's most intractable conflict, outside of a history course. Instead, CA has this lopsided "ethnic studies" HS curriculum that is, as the Times says, "arguably unwieldy" https://t.co/RWFp28bV9l
A High School in Seattle, WA is teaching students that a love of the written word is one of "9 characteristics of White Supremacy." https://t.co/SxcClU0hAW
California to require all students take "ethnic studies." A debate has broken out over whether kids should be taught that Jews are white, and therefore oppressors, or not. Districts are split on the question. This is what an education debate looks like in our largest state. https://t.co/U1kHt4EW9P